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What class of chemical compounds do plants produce during photosynthesis?

Question #63271. Asked by piscesgoddess.
Last updated Sep 15 2016.

bikrchikk
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bikrchikk

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carbon dioxide

Mar 09 2006, 2:21 AM
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Carbon dioxide is a by-product of the oxidation of the resulting products of the photosynthesis. In the day, the plant produces sugars by means of photosynthesis (with oxygen as a by-product). The different gas release between day and night isn't widely appreciated by people who refer to the rain-forests as 'the lungs of the planet'. OK, they (and the potted thing on your windowsill) release oxygen through the day. But they release carbon dioxide at night and this more or less balances out.

Mar 09 2006, 7:08 AM
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anunciacion

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chlorophyll

Mar 09 2006, 7:21 AM
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Mar 09 2006, 8:03 AM
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Sugars. Namely sucrose, glactose, and others. Typically five carbon or six carbon rings which form the building blocks of cellulose, which most of the plant is composed of, aside from water. Oxygen is also produced, and carbon dioxide is consumed.

Mar 09 2006, 9:03 AM
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