Question

Write the word equation for photosynthesis in plants.

Answer 1

• Photosynthesis: The process in which green plants utilise carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll to produce food and oxygen gas, is called photosynthesis.
• In this process, food is obtained in the form of glucose which is stored by plants as starch and oxygen gas is utilised by the living beings for respiration.

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Carbon}+\mathrm{Water}\stackrel{\mathrm{Sunlight},\mathrm{Chlorophyll}}{\to }\mathrm{Food}+\mathrm{Oxygen} \\ \mathrm{dioxide}\left(\mathrm{glucose}\right) \end{gathered}$$