Photosynthesis
What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide & water
Where is chlorophyll found in plants?
Chloroplasts
This energy storing molecule contains 3-phosphates, adenosine and ribose
ATP
Organisms that can make food from sunlight
Autotrophs
What are the two reactions that happen during photosynthesis?
light-dependent and light-independent
What are the products in photosynthesis?
Glucose & oxygen
Which plant structures contain the most chloroplasts? Why?
the Leaves bc that’s where most of the sunlight and chloroplast are
How does ATP release energy?
by breaking the bond between its 2nd and 3rd phosphate group
pigment used by plants to capture sunlight
chlorophyll
What is the other reactant that goes INTO the light- DEPENDENT reaction besides sunlight?
water
Why do plants need to photosynthesize?
To make food/glucose
Why are plants green?
because they reflect sunlight
what is the name of the electron carrier that accepts and transfers high-energy electrons?
NADP+
Where is chlorophyll found?
thylakoid
What is the reactant that goes INTO the light- INDEPENDENT reaction to make glucose?
carbon dioxide
What is the number one reason humans need plants?
oxygen
Name the structure and the space found inside chloroplasts
thylakoids and stroma
What do the phosphate groups store in ATP and ADP?
Energy
What is the organelle in plant cells that carry out photosynthesis?
chloroplast
what is the formula, in WORDS, for photosynthesis?
carbon dioxide +water+Sunlight_____> oxygen and glucose
Some people claim that talking to houseplants makes them grow better. What’s a possible scientific explanation for why this might be true?
We exhale carbon dioxide which plants use to photosynthesize
if we run out of ______________, an important reactant, plants can't perform photosynthesis.
water
When you break down carbohydrates you get?
glucose
What is the chemical formula, in LETTERS AND NUMBERS, of photosynthesis?
6CO2+6Water________> C6H12O6 glucose + 6Oxygen