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Photosynthesis |
The ability of plants to make their own food from carbon dioxide and water by using the sun's energy. |
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Equation for photosynthesis |
6CO² + 6H²o = C6 + H12 + O6 Carbon dioxide + Water = Glucose + Oxygen |
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What do plants turn raw material into? |
Products (complex substances ) |
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Where is glucose stored as starch in the plant? |
In the leaf |
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What does the plant use to combine Carbon dioxide and water ? |
Sun's energy trapped in chlorophyll |
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What is chlorophyll? |
The green pigment in the leaves that trap sunlight . |
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Through what does leaves excrete oxygen? |
Stomata |
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What are auto trophic organisms ? |
Organisms that make their own food |
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Why are the surfaces of a leaf flat and wide? |
To allow more carbon dioxide and sunlight to enter it |
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Why leaves should be spaced out on a plant? |
So that each leaf can receive sunlight . |
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Stomata is mostly likely located at the lower epidermis. Why? |
So that gases can go in and out easier |
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What is the reason of the cuticle? |
To prevent water loss and to allow light to pass through. |
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Why are leaves so thin? |
To allow sunlight and carbon dioxide to reach it cells quicker. |