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Photosynthesis

The ability of plants to make their own food from carbon dioxide and water by using the sun's energy.

Equation for photosynthesis

6CO² + 6H²o = C6 + H12 + O6



Carbon dioxide + Water = Glucose + Oxygen

What do plants turn raw material into?

Products (complex substances )

Where is glucose stored as starch in the plant?

In the leaf

What does the plant use to combine Carbon dioxide and water ?

Sun's energy trapped in chlorophyll

What is chlorophyll?

The green pigment in the leaves that trap sunlight .

Through what does leaves excrete oxygen?

Stomata

What are auto trophic organisms ?

Organisms that make their own food

Why are the surfaces of a leaf flat and wide?

To allow more carbon dioxide and sunlight to enter it

Why leaves should be spaced out on a plant?

So that each leaf can receive sunlight .

Stomata is mostly likely located at the lower epidermis. Why?

So that gases can go in and out easier

What is the reason of the cuticle?

To prevent water loss and to allow light to pass through.

Why are leaves so thin?

To allow sunlight and carbon dioxide to reach it cells quicker.