Plants Vocabulary

A chemical reaction during which plants convert energy from the Sun to chemical energy; the reaction converts carbon dioxide and water to sugar and oxygen

• products

• Carbon Dioxide

• Photosynthesis

• Chemical Reaction

a clear odorless gas which plants use as a raw material in photosynthesis

• Oxygen

• Reactants

• Chlorophyll

• Carbon Dioxide

a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction

• Reactants

• Products

• Chloroplast

• photosynthesis

energy from the sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared radiation (heat)

• Chemical energy

• Photosynthesis

• Radiant Energy

• Starch

energy that is stored within a molecule

• Starch

• Chemical energy

• Food

• Chlorophyll

organelle in plant cells used to make food. It contains a light-trapping pigment called Chlorophyll.

• Starch

• Chlorophyll

• Glucose

• Chloroplast

A light-trapping pigment in the chloroplasts of plant cells

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

• Photosynthesis

• Reactants

a simple sugar made by plants during photosynthesis. Plants store long chains of glucose as Starch.

• Starch

• Chlorophyll

• Glucose

• Carbon Dioxide

long chains of glucose stored in plants

• Starch

• reactants

• Carbon Dioxide

• oxygen

a substance produced as a result of a chemical change

• Reactants

• Glucose

• Product

• Chemical Energy