WorksheetsPhotosynthesis vocabulary
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The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.
Photosynthesis
Energy
Cyanobacteria
Algae
The ability to do work. Energy can take a wide variety of forms - light energy, electrical energy, heat energy, sound energy, mechanical energy, chemical energy, nuclear or atomic energy.
Photosynthesis
Energy
ATP
Cyanobacteria
A group of photosynthetic bacteria containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
Photosynthesis
Energy
Cyanobacteria
Algae
A term used to describe a large, diverse group of eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms, They are usually aquatic, and can be unicellular or multicellular.
Photosynthesis
Energy
Cyanobacteria
Algae
A single-celled algae
Diatoms
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Stomatta
The organelle in which photosynthesis occurs.
Diatoms
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Stomata
A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis
Diatoms
Chlorophyll
Stomata
Chloroplasts
The opening in a leaf or stem of a plant that enables the gas exchange to occur
Diatoms
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Stomata
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also release of water into the air by other organisms
Transpiration
Cellular respiration
Mitochondria
ATP
The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food
Transpiration
Cellular respiration
Mitochondria
ATP
The organelle where cellular respiration occurs
transpiration
cellular respiration
mitochondria
ATP
The molecules that cells use for energy
Transpiration
Cellular respiration
Mitochondria
ATP
A substance made up of molecules that consist of 1 carbon and 2 oxygen atoms
Carbon dioxide
water
oxygen
Autotrophs
A substance made up of molecules that consist of 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen atoms
Carbon dioxide
water
Oxygen
Autotrophs
An element is usually found in the form of two oxygen atoms bonded together
Carbon dioxide
water
oxygen
autotrophs
Organisms that make their own food for energy from non-living substances in their environment
Carbon dioxide
water
Oxygen
autotrophs
Organisms that can't make their own food and so must get energy by eating plants and animals to survive.
Heterotrophs
Glucose
Light energy
Chemical energy
A simple sugar.
Glucose (C6H12O6)
light energy
chemical energy
heterotrophs
Energy from a light source, such as the sun
Heterotrophs
Glucose
Light energy
chemical energy
The energy released when you break chemical bonds
Heterotrophs
Glucose
light energy
chemical energy
Carbon dioxide + _______ + Light Energy = photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide
Water
Glucose
Oxygen
Cellular respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis
True
False
6CO2 + 6H2O + Sunlight =C6H12O6 + 02
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis occurs in the :
cell
plant
chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Cellular Respiration occurs in the
Cell
plant
chloroplast
mitochondion
Photosynthesis happens all the time
True
False
Cellular Respiration happens all the time
True
False
