Why is photosynthesis important to life on earth?

Photosynthesis is plants taking in water, carbon dioxide, and light to make sugar and oxygen. This is important because all living things need oxygen to survive. All producers make oxygen and sugar for the secondary consumers and then the carnivores eat animals that eat the plants. read more

It supplies life on earth with energy, harnessed from the sun. The sun releases a lot of energy through constant nuclear reactions (the fusion of hydrogen). Plants have the ability to use the light energy it releases to produce glucose which they can then store and use. read more

Photosynthesis and why it's important Photosynthesis is plants taking in water, carbon dioxide, and light to make sugar and oxygen. This is important because all living things need oxygen to survive. read more