ONE EQUATION THAT YIELDS ALL LIFE

                                  6CO₂+6H₂O  →   C₆H₁₂O₆+6O₂

                 _{CARBON DIOXIDE+WATER     →      GLUCOSE+OXYGEN}

                                                         _{[SUN LIGHT]}

 We know this is the reaction taking place in green leaves and is called photosynthesis.  In this article, let us see how important it is for our existence.

1. Photosynthesis and respiration are the two complimentary processes required to sustain life in a planet like earth.
2. It produces organic food from inorganic material.
3. Glucose produced in photosynthesis is used for plants growth and excess glucose is stored in fruits and roots.  Hence we get carrots, potatoes, apples etc..
4. All animals and humans depend upon the plants for their food.
5. It converts solar energy into chemical energy
6. The dead and long buried plants and animals become coal, oil and gas due to heat and compression.  These fossil fuels are important sources of energy for us.
7. The products like timber, rubber, drugs, oils, fibers etc.. are extracted from plants which had grown due to photosynthesis.
8.  This is the only process which adds oxygen to the atmosphere.  Humans and animals breath because of it.
9.  Photosynthesis also utilizes poisonous carbon-di-oxide in the atmosphere and keep us safe
10. Men are trying to replicate photosynthesis artificially.  But we should remember plants took billions of years to develop photosynthesis perfectly.
"All life is packets of sun's energy".