Photosynthesis and Food Chains

The raw materials of a chemical reaction. Located on the left side of a chemical equation.

• water

• energy

• resources

• reactants

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The 'outputs' of a chemical reaction. Located on the right side of a chemical equation.

• products

• produce

• consumers

• detritis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. Where gas exchange occurs in a plant.

• nodules

• stomata

• chloroplasts

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Location inside of a plant cell where the process of photosynthesis occurs.

• nodules

• stomata

• chloroplasts

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Pigment which 'fills' chloroplast. This pigment absorbs sunlight.

• nodules

• stomata

• chlorine

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms

• stevia

• fructose

• glucose

• glycerin

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A process plants use to turn sunlight into food: Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose).

• toxoplasmosis

• photosynthesis

• aqua-synthesis

• homeosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A gas that plants release during photosynthesis

• oxygen

• methane

• propane

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A gas that plants take in through small holes in their leaves for the process of photosynthesis.

• oxygen

• methane

• propane

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Taken in by the leaves of the plant to give the chloroplasts energy for food production.

• chlorophyll

• oxygen

• water

• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3