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Question
The diagram given below represents an experiment to prove the importance of a factor in photosynthesis. Answer the questions that follow :
Explain the process of Photosynthesis.
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Solution
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process by which green plants synthesises simple sugar in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll using CO2 from the atmosphere and water from the soil.
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