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Q. $0.03 \%$ of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere can be removed by

The p-Block Elements

Solution:

$0.03 \%$ of carbon dioxide present in atmosphere can be removed by photosynthesis, which is a process of conversion of atmospheric $CO _{2}$ to carbohydrate like glucose.
The overall chemical change can be expressed as shown below:
$6 CO _{2}+12 H _{2} O \xrightarrow[\text { Chlorophyll }] {h v} C _{6} H _{12} O _{6}+6 O _{2}+6 H _{2} O$