Question | Answer |
Where do plants get water? | From the roots |
How does CO2 enter the plant? | Through pores (stomata) in the leaves |
How does a plant trap the energy in sunlight? | With chlorophyll in the chloroplasts in the leaf |
What happens to the sugar that the plant makes? | The sugar is stored or used |
What happens to the O2 that the plant makes? | Most is released into the atmosphere |
What are reactants in general? | The ingredients of a chemical reaction. It is what is put into the reaction. The substances to the left of the arrow. |
What are products (in general)? | What is made in a chemical reaction. The substances to the right of the arrow. |
What are the reactants of photosynthesis in words? | Water, carbon dioxide, energy from the sun |
What are the products of photosynthesis in words? | oxygen and sugar (glucose) |
What are the reactants of photosynthesis by formula? | 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight |
What are the products of photosynthesis by formula? | 6O2 + C6H12O6 |
What organelle does photosynthesis happen in? | chloroplast |
Why does a plant undergo photosynthesis? | To make food in the form of sugar |
What TYPE of energy is sunlight? | radiant energy |
Explain the energy transformation in photosynthesis. | Radiant energy from the sun is converted into stored chemical energy |
What type of energy is sugar? | stored chemical energy |