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plant processes
sol 7.5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. |
| respiration | a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances |
| stomata | Tiny openings called stomata allow plants to exchange gases necessary for cellular processes, such as photosynthesis. |
| guard cells | When swollen with water, guard cells pull apart from each other, opening the stoma to allow the escape of water vapor and the exchange of gases. |
| chlorophy II | The green pigment found in the chloroplasts of higher plants and in cells of photosynthetic microorganisms (e.g. photosynthetic bacteria), which is primarily involved in absorbing light energy for photosynthesis. |
| chloroplast | Chloroplast is the combination of two biological terms, plastid (an organelle in a plant cell), and chloros, which means green. |
| light dependent reaction | The series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis that require light energy that is captured by light-absorbing pigments (such as chlorophyll) to be converted into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH. |
| light independent reaction | The light-independent reactions, or dark reactions, of photosynthesis are chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose. |
| energy pyramid | An energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community. |
| producer | An autotrophic organism capable of producing complex organic compounds from simple inorganic molecules through the process of photosynthesis (using light energy) or through chemosynthesis (using chemical energy) Supplement |
| mitochondrion | are known as the powerhouses of the cell. |
| autotroph | An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy. |
| consumer | An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to lack of the ability to manufacture own food from inorganic sources; a heterotroph |
| herbivore | is often defined as any organism that eats only plants. |
| omnivores | is a kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants. |
| heterotrophs | An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. |
| carnivores | that requires a staple diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue through predation or scavenging. Supplement. |
| decomposers | are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry out the natural process of decomposition. |
| spongy layer | of loosely packed and irregularly shaped chlorophyll-bearing cells that fills the part of a leaf between the palisade layer and the lower epidermis -- called also spongy parenchyma, spongy tissue. |
| palisade layer | of columnar cells rich in chloroplasts found beneath the upper epidermis of foliage leaves |
| raw materials | before being processed or manufactured; material in its natural state such as iron and coal. |
| oxygen | is an element with an atomic weight of 15.96. It is capable of combining with all elements, with the exception of fluorine, to form oxides, bases, oxyacid anhydrides, etc. |
| carbon dioxide | is a colorless, odorless gas found in our atmosphere. |
| glucose | is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells. |
| products | what's made or produced |
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