Photosynthesis
Creating Food Molecules
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Elements
100

The type of energy needed for perform photosynthesis.

Light energy

100

What are the building blocks for food molecules? 

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sulfur, Nitrogen.

100

Heat transfer through direct touch.

Conduction

100

These organisms undergo photosynthesis. 

Producers

100

The abbreviation CO2 represents what?

Carbon Dioxide

200

The 3 inputs necessary for photosynthesis.

Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Sunlight

200

What do building blocks create?

Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats

200

Orangutans are an ________ species due to habitat loss. 

endangered 

200

These organisms consume those who undergo photosynthesis. 

Consumers

200

What does the 2 represent in H2O?

2 hydrogen atoms.

300

Plants produce these as byproducts of Photosynthesis. 

Glucose and Oxygen.

300

Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen interact with sunlight to create glucose. Glucose is considered a _______.

Carbohydrate

300

Chloroplasts are organelles mostly found on the ______ of plants.

leaves

300

The small holes in plant leaf surfaces that allow gases into and out of the plant.  

Stomata

300

Carbon, Hygrogen, Oxygen work with what during photosynthesis?

Sunlight

400

This is the name of the organelle that photosynthesis takes place in.

Chloroplast

400

If plants do not use glucose right away, it is stored and can be turned into _____.

Fats.

400

When two objects collide, they create a _____ on the other object. 

force

400

This organelle absorbs light and is responsible for photosynthesis.

Chloroplast

400

This is the molecular formula for glucose ________

 C6 H12 O6

500

The special pigment inside plant cells that is needed for photosynthesis and creates the color green.

Chlorophyll

500

Plants absorb water and nutrients from the soil providing them with Nitrogen and Sulfur. Nitrogen and Sulfur form into ______ acids which is then used to create ________.

Amino acids and proteins.

500

The number of carbon dioxide and water molecules required to create a single glucose molecule.  

12
500

Plants create oxygen for life to breath. They eventually become organic matter where ______ such as worms eat that matter, returning the nutrients to the Earth. 

Decomposers

500

Finish the molecular equation CO2 + H20 = 

C6 H12 O6 + O2

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