Photosynthesis 1
What is Photosynthesis?
The process that uses energy from the sun to make glucose
What is glucose?
A type of sugar
What is a producer?
An Organism that can make its own food
What is reactants?
Chemicals/things needed for a process to happen
What are products?
Chemicals made by a process
What is chlorophyll?
The pigment that absorbs and stores the energy of sunlight
What is water?
One of the inputs or reactants of Photosynthesis
name one producer
green plants
green algae
What are sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water?
They are reactants needed for photosynthesis
What are glucose and oxygen?
The products of photosynthesis
What is stomata?
The tiny pore in the bottom of a leaf that take in carbon dioxide or gives off oxygen
What is glucose?
The main product of Photosynthesis
What are chloroplasts?
The organelle that has chlorophyll in it
What is an autotroph?
Producers that make their own food
What would happen to the planet if we did not have plants?
All living things would eventually die
What is a producer?
An organism that uses a primary energy source (like light) to conduct photosynthesis
What is 6H2O + 6CO2 → 6O2 + C6H12O6?
The formula for photosynthesis
What are carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight?
The ingredients that must be present to perform photosynthesis
Water enters the plant through the _______, CO2 enters the plant through the __________ , and light is absorbed through _____________ in the leaves.
What is "Roots, Stomata, and Chlorophyll
When we eat, our body gets _________ from the sugars stored in the food
What is energy (ATP)?
What are guard cells?
A cell that regulates the size of a stomata
What is Sunlight?
The energy source needed to start photosynthesis
Plants usually store sugar as a __________
What is starch?
*hint-a large sugar
Who created the Photosynthesis process?
God!
How many ATP are produced from 1 molecule of glucose?
36 to 38