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How to spell photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is spelled P-H-O-T-O-S-Y-N-T-H-E-S-I-S.

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What it means: The process plants use to make food from sunlight.

In a sentence: Plants use photosynthesis to turn sunlight into food.

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Same family: photosynthetic, photosynthesize, photosynthesizing, chlorophyll, respiration. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “photosynthesis” comes from Greek: “photo” meaning “light” and “synthesis” meaning “putting together.” It literally describes how plants 'put together' food using light.

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