Basics
This process allows plants to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
This is what plants would struggle to get on cloudy days.
What is sunlight?
This part of the plant is where most photosynthesis happens.
What are the leaves?
At night, plants undergo these reactions because sunlight isn’t available.
What are light-independent (dark or Calvin Cycle) reactions?
Some students think plants “breathe in” oxygen like animals. What gas do they actually take in during photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide?
This organelle is where photosynthesis takes place.
What is the chloroplast?
Plants appear green because this pigment reflects green light.
What is chlorophyll?
Organisms that must consume their food.
What are heterotrophs?
Photosynthesis transforms light energy into this type of energy.
What is chemical energy?
People often believe plants get their food from soil, but they really make it using these two ingredients and sunlight.
What are carbon dioxide and water?
This gas is taken in by plants during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
The chlorophyll in leaves absorbs this form of energy.
What is sunlight (or light energy)?
This structure contains chlorophyll and is where sunlight is absorbed.
What is the chloroplast?
The two main ingredients plants use to gain mass or weight.
What are water and carbon dioxide?
If a plant had no sunlight for several days, what process would slow down or stop first?
what is Photosynthesis?
This gas is released after photosynthesis and used by humans to breathe.
What is oxygen?
This is the most important thing plants need for photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
These are organisms that make their own food.
What are autotrophs?
What is thylakoid?
Some students believe plants use energy directly from sunlight. What molecule is that energy actually stored in?
What is glucose OR ATP?
This is the sugar made by plants for energy.
What is glucose?
The amount of each element in the reactants of photosynthesis equals the amount of each element in the products of the same reaction. Which law is this evidence of?
What is the law of conservation of mass?
These help regulate gas exchange and water loss in leaves.
What are stomata?
When we consume carbohydrates, what does our body break them down into?
What is sugar?
If a plant is placed in a sealed container with plenty of water but no access to carbon dioxide, what reaction stage of photosynthesis would stop first, and why?
What is the production of glucose, because carbon dioxide is a necessary ingredient for the light-independent (Calvin cycle) reactions? (close matches accepted)