Photosynthesis Vocab

An organism capable of synthesizing its own food using light or chemical energy.

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Stoma

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A green pigment that traps energy from the sun

• Eukaryote

• Chlorophyll

• Stoma

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that obtains energy taking food like plant or animal matter.

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Stoma

• Guard Cell

One or many layers of cells that form the protective outer covering of plants and animals.

• Epidermas

• Matter

• Synthesize

• Deciduous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A physical substance that occupies space and possesses mass.

• Epidermas

• Matter

• Synthesize

• Deciduous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Specialized cell that wrk in pairs to control the opening and closing of the stomata in plant.

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Stoma

• Guard Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The opening in a surface of a leaf through which water vapor and gasses pace.

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Stoma

• Guard Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

To create something usually through chemical means.

• Epidermas

• Matter

• Synthesize

• Deciduous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Trees or shrubs that shed their broad leaves annually.

• Epidermas

• Matter

• Synthesize

• Deciduous

An organism that breaks down once living material such as dead plants or animals.

• Omnivore

• Phloem

• Decomposer

• Control

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3