Energy and Light
What type of energy does the sun produce?
What is light/radiant energy?
What structure of a plant cell contains the chlorophyll?
What are the chloroplasts?
Plants absorb this reactant from the soil.
What is water?
What sugar is made during photosynthesis?
What is glucose?
The ingredients on the left side of the photosynthesis equation are called what?
What is reactants
The process of photosynthesis captures what type of energy?
What is light energy.
What pigment makes plants appear green?
What is Chlorophyll.
Cells walls in plants are made of __________?
What are starches?
What gas is released during photosynthesis?
What is Oxygen (O2)
The substances produced during photosynthesis are called what?
What are the products
Visible light energy is vital for plants to make their own
What is food
Chlorophyll absorbs most visible light colors except?
What is the color green.
What is the Stomata/Stoma
Plants turn glucose into starch for what purpose other than food?
What is storage
According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, mass cannot be ____________ or _____________.
What is created or destroyed?
Sun's energy can be absorbed, transmitted or what
What is reflected
What membrane is Chlorophyll located in?
What is the Thylakoid Membrane.
What structures control the opening and closing of the stomata
What are guard cells
State the full chemical formula for glucose.
What is C6H12O6
Say the photodynthesis equation in words; name only the reactants, products, and how they convert.
Carbon dioxide + water ---------> glucose + oxygen
What requirement for photosynthesis is NOT considered a reactant?
What is light energy from the sun
Photosynthesis only occurs in what kind of leaves
What are green leaves
Name the two types of vascular tissues inside a plant that transport water/minerals.
What are the Xylem and Phloem?
Glucose can also be used as a source of ___________ for the plant.
What is energy?
What process do plants use to unlock the energy stored in glucose?
What is Respiration?