Chemical reaction equations, such as the one for photosynthesis, show the reactants and products of a reaction. How does this simplification misrepresent what takes place during the process of photosynthesis?

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jericakayla · Answer

Photosynthesis is the procedure by which plants, a few microorganisms, and a few protistans utilize the vitality from daylight to deliver glucose from carbon dioxide and water.

jericakayla · Answer

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Vocaloid · Answer

old question but will answer anyway

showing photosynthesis as a single equation implies that the reaction happens in a single step, but in reality the process is split into the light (that processes H2O into oxygen) and dark reactions (that processes the CO2 into glucose)