this is because photosynthesis uses Carbon Dioxide, Water and Sunlight, to produce glucose. A glucose molecule is made of 6 carbon, 6 oxygen, and 12 hydrogen atoms. Since carbon dioxide is the only molecule in photosynthesis containing carbon atoms, and it only contains one per molecule, you would need a minimum of six molecules of it combined with six molecules of water in order to produce glucose. (with an extra 12 oxygen atoms)
The Chemical equation for Photosynthesis is: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2
However, this equation can be misleading, especially in the case of your question. The answer to the question : How many water molecules and how many carbon dioxide molecules are need for Respiration is not 6 and 6. It is important to think of chemical equations not as a definite concrete structure, but more as a recipe that can be modified. All this equation tells us is that the Chloroplasts in plant cells require six molecules of Carbon Dioxide and six molecules of Water to create (using light energy to drive the reaction) a molecule of glucose and six molecules of oxygen. However, this equation is simplified, like a fraction. The actual number of molecules that are processed by photosynthesis even per second is extremely large. For example, a plant may use 6 million Carbon dioxide molecules and 6 million Water molecules to produces 1 million Glucose molecules and 6 million Oxygen molecules. Essentially, the formula is a ratio. You can do whatever with the numbers (of molecules, not the actual molecular formula) as long as you do the same with the numbers on the right, as you would do with any other formula, for example in Mathematics. As a conclusion, the number of Water and Carbon dioxide molecules required for photosynthesis is a variable, but the basic formula for Photosynthesis is: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2
Six molecules of carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis of glucose:
6 CO2 + 6 H2O --> C6H12O6
For every 1 molecule of carbon dioxide used, 1 molecule of oxygen is also produced.
Six of each.
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Carbon Dioxide, or CO2, has one Carbon molecule and two Oxygen molecules.
5 molecules of carbon dioxide will contain 5 carbon atoms (1 per molecule) and no hydrogen atoms as carbon dioxide contains only carbon and oxygen. The 5 molecules will contain a total of 10 oxygen atoms (2 per molecule).
The formula for one molecule of carbon dioxide is CO2. This tells us that there is one(1) atom of carbon and two(2) atoms of oxygen. NB The '1' is never shown. Only numbers greater than '1' are shown.
Carbon dioxide is a molecule that is made of atoms. A carbon atom is double bonded to two oxygen atoms to make a CO2 molecule.
The smallest particle of carbon dioxide is a carbon dioxide molecule with the formula CO2, which means there are one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms in a molecule of carbon dioxide.
They are both made out of molecules: Carbon dioxide = CO2-molecules, Oxygen = O2-molecules.
It takes one molecule of carbon dioxide to make one molecule of carbon dioxide.
Carbon Dioxide, or CO2, has one Carbon molecule and two Oxygen molecules.
6 carbon dioxide molecules
No. Because of it's symmetry carbon dioxide is nonpolar.FalseLove, Nessa
Carbon Dioxide has the atomic structure of one carbon molecule (a 'C' molecule) and two oxygen molecules (two 'O' molecules.) This is why it is called carbon dioxide.
carbon dioxide is produced.
six molecules
Carbon Dioxide (two oxygen molecules and one carbon molecule)
Ethane does not have any molecule of carbon dioxide. However when ethane undergoes combustion then two molecules of carbon dioxide are formed (as ethane contains two carbon atoms).
5 molecules of carbon dioxide will contain 5 carbon atoms (1 per molecule) and no hydrogen atoms as carbon dioxide contains only carbon and oxygen. The 5 molecules will contain a total of 10 oxygen atoms (2 per molecule).
1 molecule