Question

Write a balanced chemical equation for the process of photosynthesis giving the physical state of all the substances involved and the condition of the reaction?

Answer 1

Hint: You should be aware that photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities. Now just try to write the chemical equation for this process.

Complete step by step answer:
> Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
> Photosynthesis in plants involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a by-product.
- The balanced reaction for photosynthesis in word form is
Carbon dioxide + Water $\rightarrow$ Glucose + oxygen.
> Carbohydrates are produced by the process of carbon assimilation which is carried on by the combination of water, carbon dioxide, by the application of external energy, light, and chlorophyll along with the involvement of oxygen. The complete chemical reaction is labeled as photosynthesis.
> The general balanced reaction for Photosynthesis Formula according to Kamen and Ruban (1941) is -
$6CO_{ 2 }(g)\quad +\quad 6H_{ 2 }O(l)\quad \xrightarrow [ light,chlorophyll ]{ } \quad C_{ 6 }H_{ 12 }O_{ 6 }(s)\quad +\quad 6O_{ 2 }(g)$
\[(Carbon dioxide) \; (Water) \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; (Glucose) \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; (Oxygen)\]
 Therefore, we have written a balanced chemical equation for the process of photosynthesis giving the physical state of all the substances involved and the condition of the reaction.

Note: We should know that there are three main factors affecting photosynthesis and several corollary factors. The three main are:
1) Light irradiance and wavelength
2) Carbon dioxide concentration
3) Temperature.