Question

At the end of the respiratory process in a plant, you end up with 108 ATP molecules. How many photons were absorbed initially by the plant to ultimately produce these ATPs after respiration?

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Answer 1

To make a glucose molecule, it is needed 6 CO2, therefore it is need at least 48 photons.

And one glucose molecule produces 36 ATP of energy by respiration..thus 3 glucose molecules will produce 108 ATP of energy. Hence 144 photons will be required to produce 108 ATP.