Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis 1

100

The process that uses energy from the sun to make food.

What is photosynthesis?

200

Where does photosynthesis take place inside the leaves?

Chloroplast

300

What is H₂O?

water

400

What color does a leaf reflect (not absorb)?

Green

500

What is another word for sugar that plant use as food? 

Glucose

Photosynthesis 2

100

What is CO₂ 

Carbon Dioxide

200

Photosynthesis uses light energy, carbon dioxide, and ______ to produce oxygen and sugar.

Water

300

What do we call the little holes on plant leaves that are used to breathe?

Stomata

400

What is O₂?

Oxygen

500

Why do leaves changes colors in the fall?

Because the chlorophyll breaks down and in the absence of the green, you get to see the reds and yellows in the leaves

Photosynthesis 3

100

What is a heterotroph?

A living organism that needs to eat food to get energy. 

200

Plants usually store sugar called

Glucose

300

What does the process of photosynthesis create?

Glucose and oxygen

400

What is the green chemical inside the chloroplasts that absorbs and stores energy from the sun.

chlorophyll

500

What is the chemical name (symbol) for glucose?

C₆H₁₂O₆

Photosynthesis 4

100

What is ATP?

ENERGY

200

What letter do we use to represent Carbon in photosynthesis?

C

300

What is the most powerful source of energy on the earth?

The sun

400

What is the part of the plant under the soil responsible to drinking up water for the plant?

Roots

500

What is the equation for photosynthesis (with symbols)?

6H₂O + 6CO₂ + Sunlight = C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

Photosynthesis 5

100

What letter do we use to represent Hydrogen in photosynthesis?

H

200

What letter do we use to represent Oxygen in photosynthesis?

O

300

What part of the plant absorbs sunlight?

Leaves

400

What is an autotroph?

An organism that can make it's own energy.

500

What is the equation for photosynthesis using WORDS (not symbols)?

carbon dioxide + water + Sunlight = glucose + oxygen