Photosynthesis

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An organism that can make its own food

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autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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An organism that cannot make its own food.

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heterotroph

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The raw materials of a chemical reaction. Located on the left side of a chemical equation.

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reactants

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The 'outputs' of a chemical reaction. Located on the right side of a chemical equation.

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products

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. Where gas exchange occurs in a plant.

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stomata

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Location inside of a plant cell where the process of photosynthesis occurs.

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chloroplasts

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Pigment which 'fills' chloroplast. This pigment absorbs sunlight.

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chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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A simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms

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glucose

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A process plants use to turn sunlight into food: Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose).

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photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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A gas that plants release during photosynthesis

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oxygen

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