Energy Flow
This is the ultimate source of energy for almost all life on Earth.
What is the sun?
ATP has this many phosphate groups.
What is three?
Plants take in this gas from the air for photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
The main photosynthetic pigment found in chloroplasts.
What is chlorophyll?
The tiny opening where CO₂ enters and O₂ exits.
What is a stoma?
This process converts sunlight into chemical energy stored in glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
Removing the third phosphate group from ATP releases this.
What is energy?
This is the sugar produced during photosynthesis.
What is glucose?
The color that chlorophyll reflects, causing leaves to appear this color.
What is green?
Cells that open and close stomata.
What are guard cells?
Energy flows in the order: Sunlight → Glucose → ____.
What is ATP?
This molecule is like a "dead battery" for the cell.
What is ADP?
Complete the equation: 6CO₂ + 6H₂O + sunlight → ______ + 6O₂
What is C₆H₁₂O₆?
These are substances that absorb light.
What are pigments?
This waxy layer on the leaf prevents water loss.
What is the cuticle?
Organisms that must eat food because they cannot make their own, such as animals and fungi.
What are heterotrophs?
Energy is stored in ATP in the bond between these two groups.
What are the last two phosphate groups?
This is the waste product released from photosynthesis.
What is oxygen (O₂)?
Chlorophyll absorbs all colors except this one.
What is green?
The primary photosynthesis layer of the leaf.
What is the palisade mesophyll?
All life on Earth depends on the flow of this through an ecosystem.
What is energy?
Adding a phosphate to ADP forms this molecule.
What is ATP?
This plant organ absorbs water used for photosynthesis.
What are the roots?
Chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b absorb these two wavelengths the best.
What are around 425 nm and 660 nm?
This vascular tissue carries glucose made in the leaf to the rest of the plant.
What is phloem?