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Photosynthesis in plants adds oxygen to the air. That's because the process uses H2O (water). Photolysis (splitting with light) uses sunlight, or whatever source of light is being used by the plant, to split the water into H+ (positively charged hydrogen ions) and O2, oxygen atoms. The plant only needs the hydrogen ions, so the oxygen is released through the stomata of the plant's leaves. It then enters the atmosphere.

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