Elodea And Photosynthesis Analysis

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Elodea is a type of rooted plant with multiple branches (Elodea). Elodea is known as a weed located in parts of Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe, but is known to be popular in Washington’s lakes, ponds and rivers (Native Freshwater Plants, 1994). Photosynthesis involves light energy converting to sugar while respiration burns the sugars produced in photosynthesis in order to help the plant grow and reproduce (Whiting, 2014). The equation for photosynthesis is 6CO2+ 6H2O⇢C6H12O6+ 6O2. In other words, carbon dioxide, water and light are the reactants, and the products of photosynthesis are glucose and oxygen. Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast of plant cells. Respiration differs from photosynthesis because the reactants of respiration