Plant Structures
Photosynthesis
Inputs and Outputs
Decomposers
Big Ideas
(Cause and Effect)
(Cause and Effect)
100
What part of the plant absorbs water from the soil?
The roots
100
What type of energy do plants use to make food?
The light energy (sunlight)
100
What gas enters the leaf for photysynthesis?
Carbon dioxide 
100
How do decomposers consume oxygen?
They breathe in oxygen like humans
100
Why do plants need sunlight?
To make food?
200
What part of the plant makes food using sunlight?
The leaves of the plant
200
What gas do plants take in during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
200
What gas leaves the leaf after photosynthesis?
Oxygen
200
True or false: Mushrooms have chloroplasts.
False
200
What might happen if a plant does not get enough light?
It will not make enough food?
300
What structure helps transport water from roots to leaves?
The stem
300
What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
300
How does water usually enter a plant?
Through the roots
300
Where do decomposers get their glucose from?
From the dead organisms/waste products
300
How do plants help animals survive?
They provide oxygen and food
400
What tiny openings in leaves allow gases to move in and out?
The stomata
400
What sugar do plants make for energy?
Glucose 
400
Where does most gas exchange (one gas entering the plant, another gas leaving the plant) happen in a plant?
Leaves
400
What are the inputs when decomposers carry out cellular respiration?
Oxygen and glucose
400
Where does the energy in the food we eat originally come from?
The sun
500
What structures inside plant cells capture light energy?
The chloroplast
500
What is the name of the process plants use to make their own food?
Photosynthesis 
500
What happens to matter (molecules) during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide and water are broken apart and rearranged to make oxygen and glucose.
500
What is the name of the chemical reaction, decomposers share with humans, animals and plants
Cellular Respiration
500
True or false. If all humans and ALL animals, everywhere died tomorrow, plants could still survive. Include your reasoning.
False. Humans and animals breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants need carbon dioxide to make sugar and oxygen. Plants need humans and animals.