Photosynthesis & Gardening

What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things

• Sugar

• Sun

• Moon

• Carbon Dioxide

What is the pigment in chloroplasts that performs photosynthesis?

• Chlorosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

• Green

Plants need ________ for photosynthesis

• oxygen

• soil

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

What is photosynthesis?

• The process in which humans eat their food

• When a photographer takes a photo.

• To get your pictures from the photo lab.

• The process in which plants make their food.

Chloroplasts are...

• Structures of animal cells to produce ATP

• Organelles where lipids are elaborated

• Organelles in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place

• Waste organelle of plants

What is produced as a result of photosynthesis?

• Glucose and Chlorophyll
• Glucose and Oxygen
• Water and Light energy
• Carbon dioxide and Water

If all four plants were watered daily but placed in a closet, receiving no sunlight, what process would NOT occur?

• Ingestion of carbon dioxide
• Filtration of water through the soil
• Photosynthesis
• Water absorbtion

Look at the image
What substances and organelle work together to absorb sunlight to perform photosynthesis in this example?

• cell wall and chloroplast
• mitochondria and water
• vacuole and carbon dioxide
• chloroplast and chlorophyll

What molecule absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?

• chloroplast

• thylakoid

• grana

• chlorophyll

Which statement about photosynthesis is correct?

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from water.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from soil.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from sunlight.

• Plants do not require energy to perform photosynthesis.