Producers and Photosynthesis

Producers and Photosynthesis

How do producers turn sunlight into food?

Review - Classifying Organisms

• Classify means divide into groups.

• Remember that scientists classify organisms into categories to make the biosphere easier to study.

• ​The categories of organisms are:

  • Producers

  • Consumers

  • Decomposers​

Multiple Choice

Classify means ____.

• Put things together

• Divide things into groups

• Introduce to a school

• Make more fancy

Multiple Choice

Why do scientists classify things?

• To make them easier to study

• To make them harder to study

• They have too much free time.

Multiple Choice

To make it easier to study the Biosphere, scientists classify organisms into

3 categories

Those categories are:

• Producers

  Consumers

  Decomposers

• Stop

  Drop

  Roll

• Helpful

  Harmful

  Neutral

• Solids

  Liquids

  Gases

Match

How do organisms meet their need for food?

• Make food from sunlight

• Eat other organisms

• Break down dead organisms

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Match

What are some examples in each category?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Plants like trees, flowers, and grass

Animals like sharks, butterflies, and humans

Bacteria and fungi like mushrooms

• Plants like trees, flowers, and grass

• Animals like sharks, butterflies, and humans

• Bacteria and fungi like mushrooms

Open Ended

Producer, Consumer, or Decomposer?

"This organism is a ____ because _______."

​The Producer System

• A producer is a system.

• One function of this system​ is to turn sunlight into food.

• Turning sunlight into food is called Photosynthesis.

  • Photo means light.

  • Synthesize means make something by combining inputs.

• So photosynthesis is making food by combining sunlight with other inputs.

Multiple Choice

A producer is a group of parts that work together to do a job.

So a producer is a ____.

• Component

• Function

• System

• Input

• Output

Multiple Choice

The producer's job is turning sunlight into food.

Turning sunlight into food is a producer's ___.

• Component

• Function

• System

• Input

• Output

Multiple Choice

What is the science word for turning sunlight into food?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

Multiple Choice

In the word "Photosynthesis," photo means ___.

• Light

• A picture from a camera

• Food

Multiple Choice

In the word "Photosynthesis," synthesis means ___.

• Make something by combining inputs

• Divide inputs into groups

• Make a guess based on observations

​Photosynthesis Inputs

• Photosynthesis needs three inputs:

  • Sunlight

  • Carbon Dioxide

  • Water

• Plants absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide through their leaves.

• ​Plants absorb water through their roots.

Multiple Choice

Sunlight, water, and Carbon Dioxide go INTO a producer.

Sunlight, water, and Carbon Dioxide are ____.

• Component

• Function

• System

• Input

• Output

Multiple Select

Which 3 are Inputs for photosynthesis?

(Pick 3)

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Water

• Sugar

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

Producers absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide through their ____.

• Roots

• Stems

• Leaves

• Flowers

Multiple Choice

The gas that plants breathe in is called ____.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrous Oxide

Open Ended

"The three inputs for photosynthesis are ___, ___, and ___."

​Photosynthesis Components

• Photosynthesis happens in the leaves of the plant.

• Chlorophyll is a chemical in the leaves that absorbs the sun's energy.

• Chlorophyll gives the leaves their green color. ​

Multiple Choice

Chlorophyll is the PART of a producer that absorbs sunlight.

Chlorophyll is a ____.

• Component

• Function

• System

• Input

• Output

Multiple Choice

Chlorophyll is the component of a leaf that turns it ____.

• Green

• Red

• Purple

• Upside Down

Multiple Choice

In the Fall, the leaves change color and are no longer green.

Which component has most likely been lost?

• Chlorophyll

• Roots

• Seeds

• Flowers

​Photosynthesis Outputs

• Photosynthesis makes two outputs:

  • Sugar

  • Oxygen

• Plants make a sugar called glucose.

• Glucose can be used right away or stored for later.

• Oxygen is released through the leaves.​

Multiple Choice

Sugar and Oxygen come OUT of a producer.

Sugar and Oxygen are ____.

• Component

• Function

• System

• Input

• Output

Multiple Select

Which 2 are outputs for photosynthesis?

(Pick 2)

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Water

• Sugar

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

The sugar plants produce is called ____.

• Glucose

• Fructose

• Lactose

Multiple Choice

Glucose is a ___.

• Sugar

• Tool for holding paper together

• Dangerous and deadly chemical

Multiple Choice

After the plant produces glucose, ___.

• It must be used right away.

• It must be stored for 3 months before it is used.

• It can be used right away or stored for later.

Multiple Choice

The gas that plants breathe out is called ____.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrous Oxide

Open Ended

"The two outputs for photosynthesis are ___ and ___."

Match

Match the following:

• System

• Function

• Inputs

• Outputs

• Components

Producers

Turn sunlight into food

Sunlight

Water

Carbon Dioxide

Sugar

Oxygen

Chlorophyll

Leaves

Roots

• Producers

• Turn sunlight into food

• Sunlight

  Water

  Carbon Dioxide

• Sugar

  Oxygen

• Chlorophyll

  Leaves

  Roots

Open Ended

"In photosynthesis, the plant absorbs ___, ___, and ___.

It releases ___ and ___.