Lesson 6 Leaves

Question 1

Why are the leaves of a plant so important?

Answer 1

Because they make food for the plant

Question 2

Can you explain what the stomata do for the plant?

Answer 2

They take in air to help make the food the plant needs.

Question 3

Explain what would happen if the plant loses all its leaves

Answer 3

It would die of starvation because it would have no way of getting the chemicals from the air it needs to make food.

Question 4

What does a plant take in from the air and what does it put back into the air?

Answer 4

It takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen

Question 5

What kind of food does the plant make?

Answer 5

Sugar

Question 6

Explain photosynthesis in your own words.

Answer 6

Its the process of a plant using energy from light to help put together carbon dioxide and water in order to make sugar and oxygen. The plant uses the sugar for food and then releases the oxygen into the air for us to breathe.

Question 7

What makes leaves green?

Answer 7

Chlorophyll

Question 8

What are the 4 things a plant needs to make food?

Answer 8

Water, carbon dioxide, light and chlorophyll

Question 9

What happens when one ingredient is removed from the photosynthesis process?

Answer 9

The plant is unable to perform photosynthesis and will eventually die.