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(b) State the various steps involved in the process of photosynthesis.

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The process of photosynthesis is completed in the following three steps:

  1. Absorption of sunlight : Pigment chlorophyll absorbs the Sunlight.
  2. Splitting of Water
  3. Conversion of light energy into chemical energy, and splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen by light energy.
  4. Reduction of carbon dioxide by hydrogen to form carbohydrates like glucose by utilizing the chemical energy (obtained by the transformation of light energy).
  5. Chemical equation of photosynthesis.

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