How does Photosynthesis work? A brief explanation by Gatwick GREEN Airport Parking

6CO2 + 12H2O + light energy ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O

Or in plain English...

6 carbon dioxide molecules (stuff that we breathe out) + 12 water molecules (H2O) + sunlight

produces...

glucose (food for tree's sugar) + 6 oxygen molecules (the stuff we breathe in) + 6 water molecules

How does buying my Gatwick GREEN Airport parking help the environment?

Simple... it's that thing we all learned at school - Photosynthesis. By making use of the sun's energy green plants can convert carbon dioxide and water into basic sugars and oxygen.

Plants need water gathered from the roots, along with carbon dioxide and sunlight to make their food through the process of photosynthesis. The plant's stomata then allow oxygen to be released back into the atmosphere.

Plants take in the carbon dioxide and give off the oxygen that we all need in order to breathe. The oxygen created allows trees to grow and us to breathe.

To simplify things just remember that plants breathe in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, and humans breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.

If you seek a more detailed explanation please read on

Utilising the energy from sunlight plant cells tear apart the molecules of carbon dioxide and water, CO2 and H2O. They the plants recombine those separated Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen atoms and create sugar. After creating the sugar the tree has some oxygen atoms left over and that oxygen is then released for us to breathe.

So we have the formula...

6(CO2) + 6(H2O) (+ light energy) > C6H12O6 + 6(O2).

Photosynthesis takes place in cells called chloroplasts, these cells contain chlorophyll, chlorophyll has the ability to absorb green and blue light but it reflects green light and so looks green, but remember it is the red and blue light that provide the energy. Many hundreds of sixth form science students who grow plants under different coloured lights will be able to confirm this.

However at night plants take in oxygen and release CO2. This is because they are breaking down the sugar to get energy for growth and then adding other elements, minerals, and chemicals to create fruit, flowers and seeds.

Fortunately photosynthesis is so efficient that plants create much more sugar than they actually need and so create an excess of oxygen. All the excess sugar is lost within the sap and the juices of fruit, which also absorb the water that is not broken up.

If you like maple syrup on pancakes then be very thankful for this process.

Gatwick GREEN Airport parking really needs your custom

Whilst we believe that we should all be doing our bit to help the environment we can't do this without your help. By booking a GREEN airport parking package next time you travel from Gatwick Airport you are helping the environment which we all know, love and need.