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Photosynthesis — Revision notes
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Key terms
- Photosynthesis
- The chemical process used by green plants to manufacture food inside their leaves using light energy
- Producer
- An organism that makes its own food rather than consuming other living things
- Reactant
- A substance that goes into a chemical reaction and is changed during the process
- Product
- A new substance that is formed and comes out of a chemical reaction
- Glucose
- A sugar and type of carbohydrate produced during photosynthesis to serve as plant food and energy
- Chloroplast
- A microscopic cell structure inside plant leaves where photosynthesis takes place
- Stomata
- Tiny pores or openings on the surface of leaves through which plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air
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What this lesson covers
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- Explain what a producer is and why plants are at the start of food chains
- Name the two reactants needed for photosynthesis and where the plant gets each one
- Name the two products of photosynthesis and what the plant does with each
- Write the word summary for photosynthesis correctly
- Explain why light is an energy source for photosynthesis and not a reactant
- Describe the role of chlorophyll in capturing light
Test yourself
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- Why will moving Izzy's houseplant next to the window help it grow bigger?
- After 4 months, Lucas's plant is much bigger, but the mass of the soil is the same as when he started. Why did the plant's mass increase?
- Which of these is NOT a product of photosynthesis?
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Read the definition, then type the correct spelling of the term. Uses the same terms as above.
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