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Plant Processes
SOL 7.5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | When green plants use the energy in sunlight to make food and oxygen |
| Respiration | The action of breathing |
| Stoma/Stomata | Pore on the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs that facilitates gas exchange |
| Guard cell(s) | Each pair of cells that surround the stoma, becoming larger or smaller according to the preesure within the cell |
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment, present in all green plants, responsible for asorbing sunlight to provide energy for photosynthesis |
| Chloroplast | A plastid with chlorphyll in which photsynthesis takes place |
| L.D.R | Use light energy to make two molecules used for photosynthesis: ATP and NADPH |
| L.I.R | Chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds to make glucose |
| Energy Pyramid | Graphical model of the flow of energy in a community.Different levels represent different organisms that might compose a food chain |
| Producer | Organisms that make their own food |
| Mitochondrion | An organelle in most eukayotic organisms in which the biochemical part of respiration and energy production occur |
| Autotrophs | An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide |
| Consumers | An organism that feeds on other organisms for energy |
| Herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants |
| Omnivores | A consumer that eats both plants and animals |
| Heterotrophs | An organism deriving its nutrional requirements from complex organic substances |
| Carnivores | A consumer that eats only animals |
| Decomposers | |
| Spongy Layer | |
| Palisade Layer | |
| Raw Materials | |
| Oxygen | |
| Carbon Dioxide | |
| Glucose | |
| Products |