Explain- photosynthesis is considered a process supporting all life on earth.

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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants manufacture their food using sunlight, chlorophyll and carbon dioxide.
The end products are oxygen and glucose.
Oxygen is crucial for respiration, and glucose provides energy to life forms.
Certain animals like herbivores feed on plants to obtain nutrition and energy.
Other animals consume the herbivores for nutrition and energy,
The end products of photosynthesis are important for the survival and sustenance of life on earth.

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(a) The rate of photosynthesis continues to rise as long as the intensity of light rises.

(b) The outside atmospheric temperature has no effect on the rate of photosynthesis.

(d) Destarching of the leaves of a potted plant can occur only at night.

(e) The starting point of carbon cycle is the release of $C O_{2}$ by animals during respiration.

(f) If a plant is kept in bright light all the 24 hours for a few days, the dark reaction (biosynthetic phase) will fail to occur.

(g) Photosynthesis is considered as a process supporting all life on earth.

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