Photosynthesis Basics
What is photosynthesis?
The process plants use to make their own food durning sunlight
What is sunlight?
This provides the energy for photosynthesis
What are leaves?
The part of the plant where most photosynthesis occurs
What is sunlight?
The energy source in the photosynthesis equation
What is the thylakoid?
The light-dependent reactions occur here
What is chlorophyll?
The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight
What is water?
Plants absorb this from the soil through their roots
What are stomata?
Tiny openings on leaves that allow gas exchange
What is carbon dioxide?
CO₂ is the chemical formula for this
What is the stroma?
The Calvin Cycle takes place here
What is the chloroplast?
The organelle where photosynthesis takes place
This gas is released during photosynthesis
What is oxygen?
What is the stem (or xylem)?
The structure that transports water from roots to leaves
What is water?
H₂O is the chemical formula for this
What is cellular respiration?
The process plants use to release energy from glucose
What is carbon dioxide?
The gas plants take in from the air for photosynthesis
What are carbon dioxide and water?
The two main reactants needed for photosynthesis
What are roots?
The part of the plant that absorbs water and nutrients
What is glucose?
C₆H₁₂O₆ is the formula for this product
What is temperature?
This factor (along with light and CO₂) affects photosynthesis rate
What is glucose?
The sugar produced by photosynthesis
What are glucose and oxygen?
The main products of photosynthesis
What is the cuticle?
he waxy layer that helps prevent water loss
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
The full balanced process plants use to make food
What are autotrophs?
Organisms that make their own food like plants