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CAIE IGCSE Chemistry Carbon Dioxide Water Glucose and Oxygen

Practise completing the photosynthesis word equation with carbon dioxide and water as reactants and glucose and oxygen as products.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Chemistry 0620

Exam points

  • write carbon dioxide plus water on the reactant side of the photosynthesis equation
  • write glucose plus oxygen on the product side and do not confuse it with respiration

10.3.6—Word equation for photosynthesis question 1

[Maximum number: 2]

This question is about gases found in clean, dry air and gases found in polluted air.

Carbon dioxide, CO2\mathrm{CO}_{2}, is a reactant in photosynthesis.

Name the two products of photosynthesis. and

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