Root & Ray

Day0

PlantingDusk · plan

18:00

Today’s goal

0/ 22 g sugar

Stored sugar 0 g of sugar stored Water 0% full water Health 0% health

Tomorrow

First light

What is slowing sugar-making? (100% = top speed)

☀️ Light

– 💧 Water

– 🫧 CO₂ in

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Night: no light, so no photosynthesis. The plant is only respiring.

🔬 Science details chemistry, mass, graph

Today’s chemistry (grams)

Photosynthesisin the leaves, needs light

0 CO₂+ 0 water→ 0 sugar+ 0 O₂

Mass in = mass out: 0 g = 0 g

Respirationevery living cell, day and night

0 sugar+ 0 O₂→ 0 CO₂+ 0 water+energy

Where did your plant come from?

air (CO₂)watersoil minerals

Sugar made vs used (per hour)

made (photosynthesis)used (respiration)stored