Chapter 6 - Plants

Question 1

What are the 4 main processes glucose is used for/ turned into in plants? Can you name these in order of the quickest to the slowest process?

Answer 1

Respiration, storage, cellulose, minerals

Question 2

What do plants need respiration for?

Answer 2

Respiration - to respire and release energy, glucose is made for this process

Question 3

What is do plants need storage for?

Answer 3

Storage - some glucose is converted into starch or oil which is stored and can be converted back into glucose when needed

Question 4

What do plants need minerals for?

Answer 4

Minerals - some glucose combines with minerals to make new chemical substances (e.g. glucose and nitrogen form nitrates needed for growth, magnesium makes chlorophyll)

Question 5

What do plants need cellulose for?

Answer 5

Cellulose - storage form of glucose but can’t be turned back into glucose, instead is used to make chemical substances and cell walls and new bits of the plant

Question 6

What is the word photosynthesis equation? What about the actual, element, equation?

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide + water —(sunlight and chlorophyll)—> glucose + oxygen
6CO(2) + 6H(2)O —> C(6)H(12)O(6) + 6O(2)

Question 7

Name some plant chemicals we use for medicine

Answer 7

Digoxin(chemical found in foxgloves, slows down heart rate, can kill if not used properly), Quinine(produced by chichona trees, treats malaria) , Aspirin(produced by willow trees, treats symptoms such as pain and fever)

Question 8

Who showed that microorganisms were responsible for disease?

Answer 8

Louis Pasteur