What material do plants make during photosynthesis?

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During photosynthesis autotrophic green plants use carbon dioxide and water, along with energy from sunlight (trapping specific wavelengths in chlorophyll) and their chlorophyll to synthesize glucose and oxygen. This process can be illustrated through the following chemical and word equations:
$6 C O_{2} (g) + 6 H_{2} O (l) \to C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} (a q) + 6 O_{2} (g)$
Carbon dioxide + water +energy $\to$ glucose + oxygen
Glucose is then transported from the leaves to the rest of the plant as sucrose by phloem in the vascular transport system of the plant.

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