PHOTOSYNTHESIS Flashcards
1
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Photosynthesis definition
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Converting sunlight energy into stored chemical energy (glucose).
Converting water and carbon dioxide to glucose.
2
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Photosynthesis word equation
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Water + Carbon dioxide ( sunlight energy & chlorophyll —-> ) Glucose + Oxygen
3
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Leaf structure:
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Transparent upper epidermal layer
Palisade Layer (tightly packed chloroplasts)
Spongy mesophyll (also contains chloroplasts) with large air spaces between allowing exchange of gases
Tiny holes at the bottom of the leaf
Stomata, surrounded by 2 guard cells that regulate opening and closing
Transparent lower epidermal layer
