Photosynthesis
What Photosynthesis means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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The process in which carbon dioxide and water are converted into glucose using light energy, so that organisms manufacture food rather than consuming it.
The process by which producers use light energy, carbon dioxide and water to make glucose and generate the organic matter that other organisms eat.
The process that fixes carbon into glucose and is the only major natural process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The process in which plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to make glucose and other carbon compounds.
The process by which producers synthesise molecules such as glucose from carbon dioxide and water using light energy.
The process in which light energy is absorbed and carbon dioxide is combined with water to form glucose.
Topics that use Photosynthesis
- How materials are cycled (AQA GCSE)
- Levels of organisation (AQA GCSE)
- Trophic levels (AQA GCSE)
- Ecosystems (OCR GCSE)
- Topic 6 – Plant structures and their functions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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