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    10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to Xu's post “Does anyone know the grea...”

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  • Joshua Tu

    2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to Joshua Tu's post “So how do photosynthesis ...”

    So how do photosynthesis break down things? You know, for CO2 to become separated, there needs to be a separation.

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    a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to 30896's post “what is the word biomass”

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      a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Cael's post “Mass that is made of cell...”

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      Mass that is made of cells-biomass, so like a burger patty is technically biomass

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  • anushka

    a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to anushka's post “What does it mean by "Pho...”

    What does it mean by "Photosynthesis drives the movement of matter, or atoms, between organisms and the environment."
    I didn't understand

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    • ayvg0908

      5 months agoPosted 5 months ago. Direct link to ayvg0908's post “When we say that photosyn...”

      When we say that photosynthesis drives the movement of matter, we can interpret that this process is the key factor for the matter/atoms to move between organisms. For instance: If it wasn't for photosynthesis, plants wouldn't have sugar to grow, then herbivores wouldn't have anything to eat, and so it goes on to the food chain.

      In short words, it's thanks to photosynthesis that matter and energy in the form of sugars or other compounds can "travel" between various organisms (animals, plants, algae, fungus, etc) throughout the environment.

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    what do it mean when it says it eats the soil

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      My guy plants don't eat soil, they rely on water and the sun

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  • AbdullahEnjoysWater

    a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to AbdullahEnjoysWater's post “For your information: ...”

    For your information:

    Heterotrophs are organisms that eat other organisms to survive. E.g., humans, cows, lions, etc.

    Autotrophs are organisms that make their own food from natural processes like photosynthesis.

    I hope this helped you distinguish between Organisms that make their own food and ones that don't.

    -Orange Juice Squid

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    Did you know that more than 50% of the world's oxygen actually comes from the ocean? And not trees?

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    Photosynthesis drives the movement of matter, or atoms, between organisms and the environment.

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