Question

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Answer 1

\[6 CO _{2} + 6 H _{2}O ------> C _{6}H _{12}O _{6} + 6O _{2}\]

Answer 2

\[C _{6}H _{12}O _{6} + 6 O _{2} ------> 6 CO _{2} + 6 H _{2}O\]

Answer 3

What are those equations?

Answer 4

Hello @knsaunders !

Answer 5

Hi

Answer 6

Let's have a look on the equations one by one.

Answer 7

What are the reactants in the first equation and what is the product ?

Answer 8

I found it in my lesson, is the first one photosynthesis and the second respiration?

Answer 9

Very Good !

Answer 10

Thank you!

Answer 11

See how in the first equation carbon dioxide and water is being used to produce glucose, that is exactly what happens in the photosynthesis.

Answer 12

In the second reaction, opp is happenig. Glucose is being oxidized to produce water and carbon dioxide.

Answer 13

That's respiration.