Photosynthesis Flashcards
photosynthesis
the chemical process occurring in green plants where solar energy is captured and transformed to life-sustaining energy for the same plants
energy
the property of a body or a system that enables it to do work or cause a change
heterotroph
Photo________. synthesis________.
Photo means light.
synthesis means to make something.
All ______________ use photosynthesis to create their food, or energy, in the presence of _____________.
plants
sunlight
An important component in photosynthesis is ________________, the pigment that gives leaves their green color.
chlorophyll
Photosynthesis occurs only in red? yellow? or green leaves?
Green leaves
Energy: the power needed to cause a ______________.
change
For example, energy is needed to kick or throw a ball and for bodily functions such as _____________ blood from the heart and _____________ food.
pumping blood and digesting food
heterotrophs: organisms that ________________ energy to function, such as humans
consum
autotrophs: organisms that make their _________ energy, such as plants and a few other
organisms that have chloroplasts.
own
Plants release oxygen into the __________________, where most organisms use it to ______________.
atmosphere. ,,,, breathe
Chlorophyll is present in _________________, organelles seen only in plant cells
chloroplasts,
Plants absorb the water in soil through their ___________
roots
During photosynthesis, chemical reactions in the chloroplasts convert carbon dioxide and ___________ into glucose and _____________ using light energy.
water oxygen
