Science Kids: Photosynthesis

What is photosynthesis?

• underground roots of a plant

• process by which some plants produce flowers

• chemicals in the air

• process by which plants make their own food

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Through which part of the plant is water absorbed?

• stem

• roots

• leaves

• stem and leaves

In what part of a plant is light energy from the sun stored?

• leaves

• stem

• roots

• leaves, stem, and roots

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Carbon dioxide is a gas made up of one Carbon and how many Oxygen atoms?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 0

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What do we call the tiny openings in leaves that allow plants to absorb carbon dioxide?

• veins

• chlorophyll

• stomata

• chemical energy

In which part of the plant is carbon dioxide stored for photosynthesis?

• roots

• chloroplasts

• stomata

• roots and stomata

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Water is absorbed through which part of the plant?

• stem

• leaves

• roots

• stomata

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What is the name of the tube-like structure that transports water to the leaves of the plant?

• chloroplasts

• roots

• xylem

• veins

In which part of the plant is water stored until it is used for photosynthesis?

• stem

• roots

• xylem

• chloroplasts

What is the name of the leaf structures that trap solar energy?

• organelles

• chloroplasts

• glucose

• oxygen

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