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Why are photosynthetic organisms, such as plants, so important to life on earth

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They filter out carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and they produce oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis. Of course, oxygen is crucial for essential life processes such as cellular respiration.

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