Do-Now Thursday 10/7

What is one of your favorite foods?

What is a plant's favorite food?

• Sunlight

• H2O (Water)

• Soil

• CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)

• Glucose (Sugar)

Answer explanation

Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food. This food is a sugar called glucose.

Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide are all just ingredients for the glucose sugar.

What are two organelles a plant cell would have that an animal cell would not have?

• Nucleus and cytoskeleton

• Vacuole and mitochondria

• Chloroplast and cell wall

• Genome and capsid

Which one of these organelles makes food for the plant through photosynthesis?

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Cell Wall

• Nucleus

Answer explanation

Chloroplasts are organelles in plant cells that create food for the plant through the process of photosynthesis.

Which one of these organelles stores food and water for the plant and provides internal support?

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Cell Wall

• Nucleus

Answer explanation

Vacuoles are organelles that store food and water. In plant cells vacuoles also provide internal support.

When you breathe in, what do your lungs need from the air?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

When you breathe out, what are you releasing into the air?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

What does a plant take in from the air?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

What does a plant release to the air?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water