Photosynthesis Vocab

Energy source (light and heat energy)

• photosynthesis

• sunlight

• conduction

• leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Chlorophyll absorbs light energy from the Sun, and then converts it into ____________ which is stored in sugars and starches.

• chemical energy

• vascular plants

• leaves

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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The process of a plant using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make its own food.

Photo = light

Synthesis - putting together

• stem

• chloroplast

• photosynthesis

• germination

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Gas given off by plants during photosynthesis.

• carbon dioxide

• chlorophyll

• stem

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants that do not have tube-like structures to move water and dissolved nutrients throughout the plant.

• vascular plants

• stem

• leaves

• nonvascular plants

Plants that have tube-like structures that allow water, dissolved nutrients, and food to move throughout the plants.

• vascular plants

• stems

• leaves

• nonvascular plants

The movement or transfer of energy or particles.

• water

• respiration

• conduction

• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

GREEN pigment (substances), found in cell's chloroplasts, that absorbs sunlight and converts it into chemical energy.

• leaves

• stoma

• stem

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Part of the plant where most of the photosynthesis takes place. Known as the food making organ of a plant.

• leaves

• roots

• stem

• sugar (glucose)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Molecule needed by plants to perform photosynthesis.

• germination

• oxygen

• stem

• water (H₂O)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6