What is the name of the process by which plants take in sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water, allowing them to make sugar and oxygen?
a
Photosynthesis
b
Transpiration
c
Absorption
d
Respiration
a. Photosynthesis
A.photosynthesis
The correct answer is a) Photosynthesis.
The correct answer is a) Photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose (sugar) and oxygen. This process occurs in the chloroplasts, which are specialized structures found in the cells of plants. To arrive at this answer, we can eliminate options b (Transpiration) and c (Absorption) because they are related to different processes in plants. Transpiration is the process by which plants lose water through their leaves, and absorption is the process by which plants take up water and nutrients from the soil. Option d (Respiration) is also incorrect because respiration is the process by which organisms obtain energy from glucose by reacting it with oxygen.