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photosynthesis
Term | Definition |
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Carbon dioxide | is a colorless, odorless gas found in our atmosphere. Its chemical formula is CO2, which means it is one carbon atom bonded to two oxygen atoms. |
Oxygen | a chemical element found in the air as a colorless odorless tasteless gas that is necessary for life. |
Glucose | is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells. |
Photosynthesis | the process in which green plants use energy from the sun to transform water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and organic compounds. |
Autotrophs | An organism that manufactures its own food from inorganic substances, such as carbon dioxide and ammonia |
chlorophyll | It's basically a group of green pigments used by organisms that convert sunlight into energy via photosynthesis. |
stoma | Botany One of the tiny openings in the epidermis of a plant, through which gases and water vapor pass. |
guard cells | One of the paired cells in the epidermis of a plant that control the opening and closing of a stoma of a leaf. |
chloroplast | is the combination of two biological terms, plastid (an organelle in a plant cell), and chloros, which means green |