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Mr. Shultz Chapt 3-3
Photosynthesis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | The process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food. |
| Sunlight | Nearly all living things obtain energy either directly or indirectly from energy of ___________ captured during photosynthesis. |
| Autotroph | Organism that makes its own food, like a plant. |
| Heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food, including animals such as a zebra, lion, and Mr. Rudman. |
| Sugars | During photosynthesis, plants and some other organisms use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and ___________. |
| Pigments | Colored chemical compounds that absorb light. |
| Chlorophyll | The main photosynthetic pigment in chloroplasts. |
| Stomata | Carbon dioxide enters the plant through small openings on the undersides of the leaves. |
| Oxygen | Gas that is released through the stomata |
| Carbon Dioxide | Gas that goes into the plants leaves through the stomata |
| Directly | Grass obtains energy from the sun in this way |
| indirectly | the zebra obtains energy from the sun in this way |
| chloroplast | green organelles inside plants cells |