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Photosynthesis | the complex process by which carbon dioxide,water,and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants,algae,and certain bacteria,using energy from the sun and chlorophyll. |
Respiration | the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. |
Stomata/stoma | Also stomate. Botany . any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged. |
Guard cells | either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close. |
Chlorophyll | the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll. |
chloroplast | a plastid containing chlorophyll.were photosynthesis occur |
Light dependent reaction | botany the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP |
light independent react. | 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 | a person who produces. |
Mitochondrion | an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production. |
Autotrophs | any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists. |
Consumers | a person or thing that consumes. |
Herbivore | an animal that feeds on plants. |
Omnivores | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. |
Heterotrophs | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. |
Carnivores | an animal that eats flesh. |
Decomposers | a person or thing that decomposes. |
Spongy layer | a 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 | A layer of cells just below the upper surface of most leaves, consisting of cylindrical cells that contain many chloroplasts and stand at right angles to the leaf surface. |
Raw materials | material before being processed or manufactured into a final form. |
Oxygen | a colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature. |
Carbon dioxide | a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis. |
Glucose | Glucose comes from the Greek word for "sweet." It's a type of sugar you get from foods you eat, and your body uses it for energy. |
Products | a thing produced by labor |