If plants divide the water molecule, where are the water molecules re-created?

Question

As I understand, plants during divide the water molecule during the photosynthesis. If so, water molecules have to be created again somewhere in nature, where?

In: Biology

Answer 1

The water is recreated when the products of photosynthesis are oxidized. Photosynthesis takes CO2, H2O, & energy and combines them to make glucose (C6H12O6) & O2. *Aerobic respiration* is essentially the same reaction, but in reverse—you start with glucose and O2, and wind up with CO2, H2O, & energy.