What is the name of the process by which plants make food using sunlight?

What is the name of the process by which plants make food using sunlight? It is photosynthesis.

In photosynthesis, plants capture light energy and use it to build energy-rich organic molecules from carbon dioxide and water. In green plants, chlorophyll pigments inside chloroplasts absorb light, while oxygen is released when water molecules are split during the light-dependent reactions.

The process has two broad stages. Light-dependent reactions produce ATP and NADPH, which store and carry chemical energy. The Calvin cycle then uses that energy to incorporate atmospheric carbon dioxide into carbohydrate molecules. Plants may use those sugars immediately, store them as starch, or use them to build cellulose and other substances.

Photosynthesis is not the same as cellular respiration. Photosynthesis stores energy in carbohydrates, whereas respiration breaks fuel molecules down to release usable energy. Also, plants are not the only photosynthesizers: algae and cyanobacteria perform important forms of the process. Jan Ingenhousz showed in 1779 that light is essential to plant-based oxygen production.