Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
The three reactants of the photosynthesis equation
water, CO2, and H2O
These biological processes together provide the energy for living organisms
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
the openings on the underside of the leaf
Stomata
Organisms that make their own food
Autotrophs
The specific structure of the chloroplast that contains chlorophyll
thylakoids
this biological process breaks glucose
cellular respiration
The colors we see are _____, while the colors that we don't see are ____.
Reflected; absorbed
the process that occurs when water (H2O) exits the leaf through the stomata
Transpiration
These organisms convert light energy (E) into chemical energy (glucose) by photosynthesis
Photoautotrophs
Name of the structure that refers to stacks of thylakoids
Grana
Photosynthesis makes _______.
glucose and oxygen
Most of life on Earth depends on photoautotrophs' ability to capture energy from this source
Sun/sunlight
the main plant pigment
chlorophyll
heterotrophs are organisms that get their energy by consuming other organisms such as _______, ________, and ________.
plants, other heterotrophs, dead or decaying organisms
List the four major parts of the chloroplasts
double membrane, stroma, thylakoids, grana
the organelle that photosynthesis takes place in
chloroplast
The major energy converting organelle of plants
Chloroplasts
the stomata allows ______ to enter, and allows _____ and _____ to exit
CO2, O2, H2O
the chloroplasts line the outer edge of cytoplasm to get ______.
sunlight
List ALL products of cellular respiration
CO2, H2O, ATP, heat
Water will not flow through a plant unless this happens
water exits the leaf
Energy from ________ _______ absorbed is used in photosynthesis
light wavelengths
Thick, aqueous fluid that fills up center of chloroplasts
stroma