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Home Dictionary Name: photosynthesisPhotosynthesis
The process of constructive metabolism by which carbohydrates are formed from water vapor and the carbon dioxide of the air in the chlorophyll containing tissues of plants exposed to the action of light It was formerly called assimilation but this is now commonly used as in animal physiology The details of the process are not yet clearly known Baeyers theory is that the carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide which uniting with the hydrogen of the water in the cell produces formaldehyde the latter forming various sugars through polymerization Vines suggests that the carbohydrates are secretion products of the chloroplasts derived from decomposition of previously formed proteids The food substances are usually quickly translocated those that accumulate being changed to starch which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars The chloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature varying according to climate This is the only wa...
CO2
the chemical formula for carbon dioxide a heavy odorless gas CO2 formed during respiration and by the combustion or decomposition of organic substances it is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis The formula itself pronounced out is often used instead of the full name especially with reference to fire extinguishers using this gas for fire suppression as a CO2 extinguisher...
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