Photosynthesis

If the we cut down forests and decrease the plant population, the amount of carbon dioxide in the air would _________.

• Stay the same

• Increase

• Decrease

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Planting large numbers of trees results in __________ in the atmosphere.

• a decrease in oxygen, and increase in carbon dioxide

• an increase in oxygen, and decrease in carbon dioxide

• oxygen and carbon dioxide increasing

• carbon dioxide and oxygen decreasing

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How do plants affect the air that animals and people breathe?

• Plants use oxygen from the air to make their own food

• Plants release pollution into the air

• Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen

• Plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide

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This is the organelle where photosynthesis occurs.

• Mitochondria
• Chloroplast
• Golgi Body
• Vacuole

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ORGANISMS THAT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

• humans

• lions

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SUBSTANCE THAT EXISTS BEFORE A CHEMICAL REACTION STARTS; LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ARROW IN A CHEMICAL EQUATION.

• product

• reactant

SUBSTANCE(S) FORMED BY A CHEMICAL REACTION; LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ARROW IN A CHEMICAL EQUATION.

• product

• reactant

6CO₂ + 6H₂O + Light → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

(CARBON DIOXIDE + WATER + Light → GLUCOSE + OXYGEN)

• chemical reaction for photosynthesis

• chemical reaction for cellular respiration

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What does a plant release into the air?

• Plants release carbon dioxide into the air.
• Plants release sugar into the air.
• Plants release oxygen into the air.
• Plants release bacon into the air.

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What does chlorophyll capture?

• Chlorophyll captures water from the air.
• Chlorophyll captures carbon dioxide from the air.
• Chlorophyll captures the energy of sunlight.
• Chlorophyll captures baseballs.

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