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ISBN: 9781938168116

Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Plants have a capacity that we humans can only imagine— the ability to produce food from sunlight. Sure, we can prepare some dishes that we can savor on, but it become possible because of the plants (as they serve as a producers of all the raw materials …

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Chapter 5, Problem 7RQ

Plants produce oxygen when they photosynthesize. Where does the oxygen come from?

a. splitting water molecules

b. ATP synthesis

c. the electron transport chain

d. chlorophyll

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