Your plant makes its own food by photosynthesis. Give it the three things it needs with the sliders — sunlight ☀️, carbon dioxide 💨, and water 💧 — and watch it make glucose with oxygen bubbles!
6CO₂ + 6H₂O + light→glucose + 6O₂
PHOTOSYNTHESIS (day)
glucose + 6O₂→6CO₂ + 6H₂O + energy
RESPIRATION (night) — the same equation backward!
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Limiting factor: your plant grows only as fast as its SMALLEST ingredient.
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Day/Night lever: flip it and the whole equation reverses into respiration!
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Different plants need different amounts — a cactus wants little water, a fern wants shade.
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Watch the plant: it perks up when happy and droops when a factor is too low.
Photosynthesis: 6 CO₂ + 6 H₂O + light → glucose + 6 O₂ (the plant makes food).
Respiration: glucose + 6 O₂ → 6 CO₂ + 6 H₂O + energy (the exact reverse!).
Limiting factor: a plant grows only as fast as its scarcest ingredient — fix the weakest one.
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GARDEN COMPLETE!
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You've mastered how plants make food and how they breathe: photosynthesis builds glucose in the light, and respiration runs the exact same equation backward in the dark. Same molecules, opposite direction! 🌱🌙