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How to use photosynthesis in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Photosynthesis means principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. Example: “Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.”

Examples of photosynthesis by meaning

nounPrincipally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into...

  • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist

More sentences with photosynthesis

  • Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.From the entry absorption
  • We're starting a new unit on photosynthesis next week.From the entry unit
  • The zooxanthellae produce carbohydrates, via photosynthesis, and the polyps harvest these carbohydrates, much as farmers harvest corn.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company. From the entry zooxanthella
  • The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light.2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist. From the entry complex
  • Some foraminifera also have dinoflagellates living within their tissues that aid in growth through photosynthesis.2011, Ellen [J.] Prager, “The Invisible Crowd”, in Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, Chicago…. From the entry foraminifera
  • Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 91. From the entry cyanobacterium
  • The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79. From the entry bryozoan
  • He illustrates the origin of primary endosymbiosis, plastid genome evolution, and loss of photosynthesis in some lineages of Archaeplastida.2017, “Secondary Endosymbioses”, in Yoshihisa Hirakawa, editor, Advances in Botanical Research, volume 84, Elsevier (Academic Press), page…. From the entry endosymbiosis
  • There, the dinoflagellates capture sunlight and grow through photosynthesis; in the process they use up the foraminiferas' wastes while producing oxygen.2011, Ellen [J.] Prager, “The Invisible Crowd”, in Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, Chicago…. From the entry foraminifera
  • They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis.2006, Ron Carter, Just Soul Food II-Greens/Holy Spirit's Love-Christ's Cross, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry greens
  • The ungreen virescent exhibits a low rate of true photosynthesis (on both a leaf fresh weight and chlorophyll basis) compared to wild-type.1972, Dissertation Abstracts International, page 76. From the entry ungreen
  • The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont.2015 August 13, Christiane Schmidt et al., “Recent Invasion of the Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern…. From the entry turbidity

Meaning of photosynthesis

  1. noun Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
  2. noun Also, nonoxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

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Questions about photosynthesis in a sentence

How do you use photosynthesis in a sentence?
Photosynthesis is used as a noun. For example: “Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.”
What is a short sentence with photosynthesis?
“They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis.”
What does photosynthesis mean?
Photosynthesis means principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

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