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How Does Photosynthesis Model The Law Of Conservation Of Matter?

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How does photosynthesis model the Law of Conservation of Energy and the Law of Conservation of Matter? In the process of photosynthesis energy changes form and the mass has to stay the same. No energy can or atoms are able to be destroyed or added. Photosynthesis deals with conservation of matter and energy. In Discovering the Secrets of photosynthesis, “van Helmont had placed a large pot at exactly 200 pounds of soil that had been thoroughly dried in the oven. Then he moistened the soil with rain water and placed a 5 pound willow shoot.” After this he water the plant everyday for 5 years. His results came in, he got a 164 pound plant. The soil only weighed 3 ounces less. This is an example of Conservation of Matter because the matter stayed

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