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Question
Photosynthesis is a natural process by which green plants manufacture food in the presence of sunlight.
State the conclusions which can be drawn, to represent photosynthesis as a physical or a chemical change.
Solution
Carbon dioxide and water cannot be obtained back from glucose and oxygen hence it is a chemical change.
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