Photosynthetic Equation
What are the products of photosythesis?
True or False: Plants can open and close their stomata?
True!
What is the difference between a consumer and producer?
Consumer - eats other organisms for energy
Producer - makes their own energy and food using the sun
The process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that produce glucose and oxygen is called?
Photosynthesis
What is one reason why all living things need photosynthetic organisms?
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What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight
What organelle is found in plants but not in animals and is the site of photosynthesis?
Chloroplasts
How do gases move in and out of the plant during photosynthesis?
Through the stomata.
The small openings on leaves are called what?
Stomata
What is the original source of energy for all living things?
SUN
What is the whole equation of photosynthesis?
CO2 + H2O + Sunlight ----> O2 + C6H12O6
If a plant is green, what color light is the plant going to reflect back at your eyes?
Green
How does water get into the plant?
osmosis
Light
What is the source of energy for the human body?
Glucose
How many sugar molecules are created by photosynthesis?
1
When would a plant want a stomata to be open during the night and closed during the day?
When it is in a very hot environment and would lose too much water during the day.
What are the small cells on the outside of stomata that can take in and let out water?
Guard Cells
What does the prefix -synthesis mean?
To create something
This is the pigment that captures the sunlight for photosynthesis to occur.
Chlorophyll
What product of photosynthesis do the plants actually use?
Glucose
When would it be beneficial for a plant to have stomata on the top of the leaves and why?
When it is in the water so that they plant does not suffocate.
What organism makes over half of all oxygen on our planet?
Algae
Describe transpiration and how it helps plants.
Transpiration is the process by which plants lose water from their leaves and the water tension then pulls more water up from the roots through the xylem.
Relate how photosynthesis and respiration are related.