Photosynthesis Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is the word equation for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide + Water –> (sunlight/chlorophyll) –> glucose + Oxygen
What are the reactants of this equation? (Carbon dioxide + Water –> (sunlight/chlorophyll) –> glucose + Oxygen)
Carbon dioxide and Water
What are the products of this equation? (Carbon dioxide + Water –> (sunlight/chlorophyll) –> glucose + Oxygen)
Glucose and Oxygen
What are the conditions of this equation? (Carbon dioxide + Water –> (sunlight/chlorophyll) –> glucose + Oxygen)
Sunlight and Chlorophyll
What do plants take in?
Carbon dioxide
What do plants release?
Oxygen
What is rate?
How quickly something happens
What does a stomata contain?
Vacuoles
What is the vacuoles job in the stomata?
To control the opening and closing of the stomata
What is a stomata?
The pores in the leaf
What is each pore surrounded by?
A pair of guard cells
What can guard cells do to open or close the stoma?
Change shape
Name the factors that limit photosynthesis.
Temperature, CO2 levels and Light intensity
If this is the word equation for photosynthesis, then what is the symbol equation? (Carbon dioxide + Water –> (sunlight/chlorophyll) –> glucose + Oxygen)
CO2 + 6^H2O –> C6H12O6 + O2
What are open guard cells called?
Swollen/Turgid
What are closed guard cells called?
Shrunken/Flaccid
