Chapter 5 Photosynthesis Flashcards
Plants need 3 things to make their own food:
Sunlight
CO2
H2O
Photosynthesis is converting _______ into ________.
Sunlight
Food (chemical energy)
Light energy+carbon dioxide+water is converted into:
______
What does this chemical reaction look like?
Glucose + oxygen
Light+
6CO2+6H2O——>C6H12O6+6O2
What is an autotroph & heterotroph?
Producer& consumer
What is stomata function and location?
The exchange of co2 & O2 between plants and atmosphere occurs here.
(Tiny openings in the epidermis of a leaf or stem)
Photosynthesis occurs in cells filling the leafs interior ______.
Mesophyll (tissue inside a leafs cell)
Where and what is the stroma?
Fluid (containing ribosomes, DNa, & enzymes) in chloroplast. Inside double membranes chloroplast.
Where and what is grana?
Suspended in stroma. Composing disk shaped thylakoids.
What are thylakoids?
Membrane enclosing volume called thylakoids space.
Plants use glucose for energy and to build up polysaccharides like cellulose & starch.
True
How does the ETC work for plants?
the ETC converts light energy into ATP in the membranes of the chloroplasts.
Which statements are true?photosynthetic organisms:
1: produce oxygen
2. make their own food
3. make food for heterotrophs
4. use carbon dioxide
5. all answers
- All answers
What holds the thylakoids?
Granum
How many membranes does chloroplast contain?
2
Do chloroplast contain ribosomes and DNA?
Yes.
