Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Vocabulary Review

Vascular tissue that transports water

• xylem

• phloem

• guard cells

• thylakoid

Vascular tissue that transports nutrients like sugars, proteins and other organic molecules

• xylem

• phloem

• guard cells

• thylakoid

Organism that uses light energy to produce food.

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• stoma

• ATP

Process that uses energy from the sun to convert water & carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• glycolysis

• anaerobic fermentation

Element or compound produced by a chemical reaction

• reactant

• product

• water (H₂O)

• radiant energy

Specialized cells in plants that control the opening & closing of stomata

• guard cells

• chlorphyll

• stroma

• thylakoid

One of the principle chemical compounds that living things use to store & release energy

• ATP

• vascular tissue

• chlorophyll

• glucose

_________________________, energy from the sun is converted into _______________________ energy in plants.

• Radiant; Chemical

• Chemical; radiant

• Radiant; heat

• Chemical; heat

all the light absorbing molecules in a plant are called

• chlorophyll

• pigment

• guard cells

• chloroplast

Principle pigment in plants that captures light energy

• chlorophyll

• chlorplast

• beta-carotene

• thylakoid