Plant Structure and Photosynthesis

Question 0

What happens in the mesophyll tissue?

Answer 0

Most of the photosynthesis in the plant takes place here

Question 1

What tissues are leaves made up of?

Answer 1

Mesophyll tissue
Xylem and Phloem
Epidermal tissue

Question 2

What do Xylem and Phloem do?

Answer 2

They transport things like water, mineral ions and sucrose around the plant.

Question 3

What does the epidermal tissue in a leaf do?

Answer 3

Covers the whole plant

Question 4

What is the equation for photosynthesis

Answer 4

Carbon dioxide + water —–> glucose +oxygen

—> = sunlight + chlorophyll

Question 5

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 5

The process that produces food (glucose) in plants and algae.

Question 6

Where does photosynthesis take place?

Answer 6

The chloroplasts

Question 7

What do the chloroplasts contain and what does it do?

Answer 7

Chloroplasts contain a green substance called chlorophyll, which absorbs sunlight and uses it’s energy convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. Oxygen is produced as a by-product