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Plant Processes
SOL 7.5
Term | Definition |
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Photosynthesis | a process by which plants and other autotrophs capture light and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water |
stoma | small opening on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen, water, and carbon dioxide can move. |
Respiration | |
Guard cells | |
Chlorophyll | A green photosynthesis pigment found in the chloroplast of plants |
Chloroplast | An organelle in the cell of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to energy form that cells can use in making food |
Light dependent reaction | |
Light Independent reaction | |
Energy pyramid | |
Producer | |
Autorophs | |
Consumers | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
Herbivore | A consumer that obtains energy by eating only plants. |
Carnivores | A consumer that obtains energy by eating only animals. |
Omnivores | A consumer that obtains energy by eating both plant and animals |
Heterotrophs | An organism that can't make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things. |
Decomposers | An organism that get energy by breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms, and raw materials to the soil and water. |
Spongy layer | |
Palisade layer | |
Raw materials | |
Oxygen | |
Carbon dioxide | |
Glucose | |
Mitochondria |