photosynthesis
Definition
Natural chemical-process by which chlorophyll (magnesium-containing pigment in green plants, blue-green algae, phytoplankton, and green and purple bacteria) uses sunlight (radiation) energy to convert (synthesize) water and atmospheric carbon dioxide into life sustaining organic compounds such as glucose. Being also responsible for almost all the oxygen in atmosphere, photosynthesis is the basis of all life on earth.
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photosynthesis is in the Environment & Pollution Control subject.
photosynthesis appears in the definitions of the following terms: dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT), carbon cycle, catalyst and synthesis
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