Transport in plants
A specialized cell in plants that absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
The opening created by two guard cells allowing carbon dioxide and oxygen to enter and leave the plant.
What is stomata?
Reactants in photosynthesis.
6 CO2 + 6 H2O
The surface layer of leaves arecovered with _____________.
What is cuticle?
Reactants of repsiration.
C6H12O6 + O2
xylem
What is transpiration?
Products of photosynthesis.
C6H12O6 + 6O2
Xylem vessels are made from ___________ cells.
What is mitochondria?
Vacuole
A specialized cell that contains chloroplast.
What is palisade mesophyll?
Parts of the cell where photosynthesis takes place.
This is where the sugar produced by the leaves are stored.
roots, fruits, grains.
Products of cellular respiration.
What is ATP (energy), + CO2 + H2O?
Mineral needed by the plant to produce chlorophyll.
magnesium
This cells allow movement of gases inside the leaves.
What is spongy mesophyll?
The catalyst for photosynthesis to take place.
What is sunlight or light?
The colour that plants absorb the most.
Organisms that undergo respiration.
Mineral needed by the plant to produce new cells.
nitrogen
The pressure that pulls water to replace the lost water in leaves.
What is transpiration pull?
Plants are __________ because they make use sunlight to make food.
producer / autotrophic
3 factors that affects the rate of photosynthesis.
intenisty of light, level of CO2 , color of light
In photosynthesis, energy is _____________, in respiration energy is ___________.
stored, released