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Photosynthesis is the process where energy from the sun is used to make glucose.
Chloroplasts are organelles found in the leaves of green plants and they produce
glucose during photosynthesis.
Most leaves appear green because chloroplasts contain the pigment, chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll.
6CO2 + 6H20 + (energy) → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Plants use energy from the sun to change CO2 from the air with water from the
ground into glucose and this process happens in the chloroplast of the plant cell.
Oxygen is created as a waste product in this process. The reactants are CO2, water
and energy from the sun. The products are 02 and glucose and the equation is 6CO2
+ 6H20 + (energy) → C6H12O6 + 6O2.
In the mitochondria, chemical reactions involved in cellular respiration happen.
The purpose of the process above is to create energy for the cell.
In order to generate energy, they must rely on eating plants and other animals.
Animals get rid of the CO2 through breathing it out, and the respiratory system
removes this waste.