Question

They only give you the data for how much glucose a plant makes in a day, not how muchoxygen it makes. How can you use that information to figure out how much oxygen theplant makes?

Answer 1

To solve this question, we need to use the photosynthesis equation ratio:

For 1 mole of glucose produced, 6 moles of oxygen are produced.

Now we need to figure out how much oxygen a plant can produce. So:

1 mole of glucose --- 6 moles of oxygen

0.09 moles of glucose --- x moles of oxygen

x = 6 × 0.09

x = 0.54 moles of oxygen

Answer: The plant makes 0.54 moles of oxygen.