Carbon exists in a simple organic molecule in a leaf and in an inorganic molecule in the air humans exhale.?

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Carbon exists in a simple organic molecule in a leaf and in an inorganic molecule in the air humans exhale.?

Identify the simple organic molecule formed in the leaf and the process that produces it.

2007-12-29 02:33:17 · 2 answers · asked by Ria 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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The sugar produced in a leaf by photosynthesis is glucose, which is classified as a monosaccharide. The molecule contains 6 carbon atoms.
Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and releases oxygen.
Carbon dioxide is exhaled as a waste of respiration.

All organic compounds contain carbon. Even though carbon dioxide contains carbon, chemists still consider it an inorganic compound (as an exception to the rule).

2007-12-29 03:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Sugar, produced by photosynthesis. Oxygen is emitted as a waste product.

2007-12-29 03:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋