Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Vocabulary

100

The process of making food in a plant is called___________.

What is photosynthesis?

200

The green pigment located in the chloroplast that traps the energy from the sun is called_____________.

What is chlorophyll?

300

The guard cells tell these tiny openings in a leaf to allow carbon dioxide to enter a plant, and oxygen and water vapor to exit a plant.

What are stomata?

400

The plural form of granum.

What is grana?

500

Fructose, sucrose, and glucose are all different forms of___________.

What is sugar?

Flower Parts

100

The fragrant, often colorful parts of the flower.

What are petals?

200

The flower part that protects the bud.

What are the sepals?

300

The part of the flower that contains ovules.

What is inside the ovary?

400

The sticky part of the pistil.

What is the stigma?

500

The long stem-like part of the stamen.

What is the filament?

Name that chemical formula

100

O₂

What is Oxygen?

200

H₂O

What is water?

300

CO₂

What is Carbon Dioxide?

400

C₆H₁₂O₆

What is Glucose?

500

6CO₂ + 6H₂O + Sunlight --> C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

What is Photosynthesis?

Who does that job?

100

Where water is absorbed.

What are the roots?

200

Where energy from the sun is captured for photosynthesis.

What are the leaves (chloroplasts)?

300

Where pollen is produced.

What is the anther?

400

The site of the Calvin cycle.

What is the stroma?

500

The site of the light reaction of photosynthesis.

What are the thylakoids?