Photosynthesis Basics
The process that converts solar energy into chemical energy to help the plant make food for itself
What is photosynthesis?
Plants on the forest floor of the rainforest have this type of leaves to absorb the most sunshine.
What are broad leaves?
The chemical that absorbs and stores the energy of sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
This organism is the most important to the aquatic food web and is able to perform photosynthesis by floating at the top of water
What is phytoplankton?
These leaves never fall off of trees in the coniferous forests so they can perform photosynthesis whenever there is light available
Needle-like leaves
When the sun shines on a plant, the leaves can make food from carbon dioxide and ________.
What is water?
Photosynthesis uses light energy, carbon dioxide, and ______ to produce oxygen and sugar.
What is water?
Floating plants have these on the upside of their leaves to absorb as much sunlight and carbon dioxide as possible
Stomata
The original energy source to every food chain and food web.
What is sunlight?
This is released as a waster product by the plant after photosynthesis is performed.
What is oxygen?
Leaves in extreme shaded areas have this shade of pigment to aid in photosynthesis
Dark green
When a plant cell gets enough water, the guard cells swell and pull open these parts and take in carbon dioxide
What are stomata?
An entire food chain would collapse if this organism was not able to perform photosynthesis.
A producer
This is the food that is made during the photosynthesis process
What is glucose?
Leaves in the deciduous forests have leaves like this to be able to absorb as much sunlight as possible.
Thin and lightweight leaves
True or false: Consumers do not need producers to perform photosynthesis because they only eat other consumers.
False