Write the chemical equation for the overall process of photosynthesis. a. Identify the reactants, products, and the meaning of the several arrows. 8. Explain what the equation of photosynthesis means. Carbon dioxide and water, the reactants, enter photosynthesis. A six carbon sugar and oxygen are formed, the products.
oppression noun [ U ] (RULE) âº a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom: Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression. War, famine and oppression have forced people in the region to flee from their homes. the oppression of women.
Not cool. âPower concedes nothing without a demand. I never did and it never will.â Those words came from Frederick Douglass, a former slave who devoted his life to ending the oppression of black people at the hands of powerful white slaveowners. The Latin root means âpressed against,â and oppression feels like hands pressing your head, keeping you down. Oppression can be widespread throughout a culture, or felt by a single individual, like enduring the sunâs oppression on a hot summer day.