Photosynthesis 1
What gas do plants take in from the air to use in photosynthesis?
what is carbon dioxide?
What do we call the little holes on plant leaves that are used to breathe?
Stomata
What is the chemical name for glucose?
C6H12O6
Where does Glucose go?
Throughout the plant
What is the chemical formula for Carbon Dioxide
CO2
What is another word for sugar that plant use as food?
glucose
What does a plant use from the sunlight to make food during photosynthesis?
What does the process of photosynthesis create?
glucose for food and oxygen
How does sunlight enter the leaves
chloroplasts
What part of the plant absorbs sunlight?
the leaves
Where does photosynthesis take place inside the leaves?
chloroplast
What do plants need from the roots to help them make food?
what is water?
Plants usually store sugar called?
glucose
Where does water go
in the chloroplasts
What are the products of photosynthesis
glucose and oxygen
the process that uses energy from the sun to make food
photosynthesis
Photosynthesis uses light energy, carbon dioxide, and ______ to produce oxygen and sugar.
Water
What is the "Power House" of the cell?
mitochondria
Where is the chlorophyll
in the chloroplasts
What letter do we use to represent Hydrogen in photosynthesis?
we use the letter H
What 2 colors of light do leaves absorb?
red and blue
What light color is reflected from leaves that make its color?
GREEN
The green chemical inside the chloroplasts that absorbs and stores energy from the sun.
chlorophyll
What is the photosynthesis equation in words
Water+ Carbon Dioxide + Glucose + Oxygen
what are the reactants in photosynthesis
water and carbon dioxide