Answer: Literally everywhere. Having an at least basic level of science helps you in day-to-day situations. For example, cooking. Not only is it crucial to understand the chemical and physical processes when cooking, you should also understand the complexity of how these micro and macromolecule exchange processes affect you and your body. Another prime example is your health, or human processes. You might not realize this, but your body is a plethora of complex, interconnected systems and networks that work hard 24/7 to maintain homeostasis (keep you alive). Understanding how our human physiques conduct themselves helps us gain the knowledge to be able to stay alive.
The energy released from glucose during this reaction is used and also wasted. Some of the energy is used as work while some amounts are used in other processes or stored for transfer to other organisms. Also, some of the energy is wasted in the form of heat.
Since ponds are typically shallower than lakes, this allows more sunlight to reach pond plants than lake plants. By getting my sunlight, these pond plants can photosynthesize more efficiently.