Diatoms,microscopic organisms,are an abundant food source in the oceans producing carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water by photosynthesis.
$6CO_2 + 6H_2O + \text{solar energy} \to C_6H_{12}O_6 + 6O_2$
$A$ blue whale gains $75 kg$ of mass per day by feeding on krill. The whale must consume ten times this mass of krill each day. The krill must consume $10.0 kg$ of diatoms to produce $1.0 kg$ of krill. Assuming that the mass gain of a whale's life is due to the consumption of carbohydrates $(C_6H_{12}O_6)$,calculate the moles of $CO_2$ that must be used by the diatoms to produce the carbohydrates consumed by a blue whale in a day.

• A
  $2.5 \times 10^5 mol$
• B
  $2.5 \times 10^4 mol$
• C
  $2.5 \times 10^7 mol$
• D
  $2.5 \times 10^8 mol$