Photosynthesis

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An organism that can make its own food, therefore uses photosynthesis

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autotroph

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An organism that cannot make its own food.

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heterotroph

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The reactants of photosynthesis are?

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water and carbon dioxide

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The 'outputs' of a chemical reaction. Located on the right side of a chemical equation. What are the products of photosynthesis?

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Glucose and oxygen

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

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stomata

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

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chloroplasts

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

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chlorophyll

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What simple sugar is created by photosynthesis and serves as an important food source in living organisms?

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glucose

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

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photosynthesis

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A gas that plants release during photosynthesis

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oxygen