Independent final check
Explain without the key
describe / state
Final check
describe: give the features or what happens. state: give a concise answer.
Describe what photosynthesis is, and state its word equation.
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Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 · 2026–2028 v3 · Original learning materials.
Photosynthesis as the making of carbohydrates from raw materials using energy from light (6.1.1); the word equation (6.1.2); chlorophyll in chloroplasts (6.1.3) transferring energy from light into energy in chemicals (6.1.4); the uses and storage of the carbohydrates made (6.1.5); nitrate and magnesium ions (6.1.6); the need for chlorophyll, light and carbon dioxide, with controls, through the starch investigation (6.1.7); the balanced equation (Supplement 6.1.10). Leaf colours in the experiment come from a teaching model.
Apparatus, amounts and times in the experiment are illustrative. Real practical work follows a teacher-approved safety method.
Official Cambridge syllabus