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Plant Processes
SOL 7.5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |