Photosynthesis Basics
What process do plants use to make their own food?
What is photosynthesis?
The green pigment in plants.
What is chlorophyll?
The flat part of the plant that’s usually green.
What is a leaf?
What gas do plants take in for photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
True or False: Plants eat dirt.
What is false?
Name three things plants need to perform photosynthesis.
What are sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water?
A sugar that gives energy to living things.
What is glucose?
The part that holds up the plant and can be underground or above.
What is the stem?
What liquid do plants absorb from the ground for photosynthesis?
What is water (H₂O)?
True or False: Photosynthesis happens in animals
What is false?
What do plants make that humans need to breathe?
What is oxygen?
A gas that traps heat from the Sun.
What is a greenhouse gas?
The part of the plant cell that performs photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
What is the main product plants make in photosynthesis?
What is glucose?
Name a living thing besides plants that can do photosynthesis.
What is cyanobacteria?
What do plants do with the food they make after photosynthesis?
What is use it for energy through cellular respiration?
The word that means “to change something.”
What is convert?
What is found inside the chloroplast that helps absorb sunlight?
What is chlorophyll?
What is the “waste” gas plants release after photosynthesis?
What is oxygen (O₂)?
What color does chlorophyll make plants appear?
What is green?
Why is photosynthesis essential for life on Earth?
Because it provides oxygen and food for many living things.
What is the name for a relationship where both organisms benefit?
What is symbiotic?
Which type of organism is a simple bacteria that can do photosynthesis?
What is cyanobacteria?
What kind of chemical process is photosynthesis?
What is a series of chemical reactions?
Name one thing humans do that affects photosynthesis on Earth.
What is produce greenhouse gases or cut down trees?