Photosynthesis Vocabulary Review

An organism that produces its own food...aka a self feeder is called...

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

What is a heterotroph?

• An organism that cannot make their own food. Must consume food.

• An organism that can make their own food.

• An organism that obtains their nutrition from dead organisms

The process in which plants use light energy, water, and carbon dioxide to make glucose (food) and oxygen is called...

• Photosynthesis

• Cell Respiration

• Digestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A green organelle in plant cells that is the site of photosynthesis is called...

• Chlorosome

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The green pigment found in chloroplasts is called...

• Chlorosome

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

A simple sugar (C₆ H₁₂ O₆)...aka monosaccharide is usually called...

• lipid

• carbohydrate

• glucose

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Combining two smaller substances to make a larger one is called...

• Synthesis

• Digestion

• Respiration

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Plants obtaining carbon dioxide from the environment and releasing oxygen as a waste product is called...

• carbonation

• gas exchange

• oxidation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The tiny pores found on the underside of plant leaves and used for gas exchange are called...

• stomata

• tomata

• guard cells

Specialized cells that control the pore size in plant cells are called...

• Pore cells

• Hole cells

• guard cells