Most of the time m (M) means male and f (F) means female.
The significant abiotic by-product of photosynthesis is oxygen. The main product of the process is glucose, which the plant uses as food. The general equation for photosynthesis is:
6CO2 (carbon dioxide) + 6H2O (water) = C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2 (oxygen)
It can be seen that plants are important to sustain life because they reduce the earth's carbon dioxide, and replace it with oxygen.
The answer to the question "Upon realizing that your remote is not working even after replacing the batteries you decided to use, this process is called the experiment. You are experimenting on what would happen to the remote if you are going to change the batteries, if it is going to work or not.