Page 140 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Adnan Oktar

The Vital Importance of Photosynthesis to
Life on Earth

Before examining how photosynthesis works, we need to under-
stand just how important this process is for life on Earth. Let us consider
the results of this process:

Photosynthesis and oxygen

In carrying out photosynthesis, plants absorb the carbon dioxide in
the air (CO ), a gas that human beings cannot use, and break it down in-
2
to oxygen (O ). Oxygen, which we take into our lungs when we inhale
2
and which is essential to life, is the main product of photosynthesis. Some

30% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by terrestrial plants, and
the remaining 70% by single-celled algae and marine plants also capable

70% oxygen

30% oxygen

Of the oxygen in the
atmosphere, 30% is
supplied by land plants,
and 70% by plants and sin-
gle-celled organisms in the
oceans. This oxygen produc-
tion takes place thanks to pho-
tosynthesis.
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