• Question: Is there a plant on earth that can photosynthesize without carbon dioxide?

    Asked by iluvnibbley456 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 14 Mar 2013:


      No, carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis. Carbon is a main building block for all life. There are species that use energy sources other than light though! Such as tiny organisms that live in the deep sea and around volcanic areas.

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