Question

The following diagram demonstrates a physiological process taking place in green plants. The whole set-up was placed in bright sunlight for several hours. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follows.​

​(iv) Write a well-balanced chemical equation for the physiological process explained in (ii) above.​

Answer 1

• The process being studied here is photosynthesis. ​

• Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar. ​

• The balanced chemical equation for the process is:

$6C{O}_2+12H_{2}O\underset{\text{Sunlight}}{\overset{\text{Chlorophyll}}{\to }}{C}_6{H}_{12}{O}_6+6O_2+6H_{2}O$