Types of Organisms
These organisms get their food by consuming other organisms.
What are heterotrophs?
The main energy source photoautotrophs use to make food.
What is sunlight?
The leaf pores through which carbon dioxide and oxygen enters and exits the plant.
What are stomata?
Disc‑like structures where the light‑dependent reactions occur.
What are thylakoids?
The two reactants in the overall chemical equation for photosynthesis.
What are carbon dioxide and water?
Organisms that can make their own food inside their cells.
What are autotrophs?
The primary food photoautotrophs produce.
What are carbohydrates/sugars?
Leaf tissue layer where most photosynthesis occurs.
What are mesophyll cells?
Stacks of thylakoids found inside chloroplasts.
What are grana?
This one word written above the arrow in the chemical equation that tells you what powers photosynthesis.
What is "light"?
A type of autotroph that uses sunlight to make food.
What is a photoautotroph?
During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water become this specific carbohydrate.
What is glucose?
These plant veins move water from roots to leaves.
What is xylem?
The green pigment in thylakoids that absorbs light
What is chlorophyll?
This term describes a process that absorbs more energy than it releases.
What is endothermic?
These autotrophs make food using energy from chemical reactions instead of sunlight.
What are chemoautotrophs?
This gas enters the plant through pores during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
These plant veins move glucose from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
What is phloem?
The fluid-filled space surrounding the grana, where the light‑independent reactions occur.
What is the stroma?
The two products in the photosynthesis chemical equation.
What are glucose and oxygen?
This molecule, mentioned in the text, can be converted into carbohydrates during chemosynthesis besides carbon dioxide.
What is methane?
This gas exits the plant through pores during photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
Organelles in mesophyll cells where photosynthesis takes place.
What are chloroplasts?
The molecule that stores chemical energy produced in the light‑independent reactions.
What is glucose?
The two energy-carrying molecules produced in the light‑dependent reactions.
What are ATP and NADPH?