Module 1

Question 1

What is photosynthesis

Answer 1

Photosynthesis is a process by which green plants make their own food

Question 2

Green plants convert light energy into ?

Answer 2

Chemical energy

Question 3

What do plants need to photosynthesise

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide. Water

Question 4

What is the by product for photosynthesis

Answer 4

Oxygen

Question 5

What is needed to trap light energy for photosynthesis

Answer 5

Chlorophyll

Question 6

Where is chlorophyll found

Answer 6

In chloroplast in green plant cells

Question 7

What do plants make in photosynthesis

Answer 7

Sugar (glucose)

Question 8

How do plants store glucose

Answer 8

As starch

Question 9

What basic parts of a leaf section consists of

Answer 9

Upper epidermis, lower epidermis, palisade mesophyll layer, spongy mesophyll layer, air spaces, guard cells surrounding stoma pores on the lower surface

Question 10

What is the function of the upper epidermis

Answer 10

Protects inner layers, transparent to let light through

Question 11

What is the function of the lower epidermis

Answer 11

Contains stomata to allow gas exchange

Question 12

What is the function of the palisade mesophyll cells

Answer 12

Main site of photosynthesis

Question 13

What is the function of the Spongy mesophyll cells

Answer 13

Loosely arranged with air spaces to let CO2 and O2 move into and out of cells

Question 14

Stomata

Answer 14

Pores which allow gas exchange and water loss

Question 15

Guard cells

Answer 15

Change their shape to open and close stomata to control gas exchange

Question 16

What’s may be on the epidermis

Answer 16

A waxy, waterproof covering (cuticle) on the epidermis

Question 17

Where is the water taken

Answer 17

Thought the roots

Question 18

What do herbivores eat

Answer 18

Plants

Question 19

What do carnivores eat

Answer 19

Other animals

Question 20

What do omnivores eat

Answer 20

Plants and animals

Question 21

What is a food chain

Answer 21

A food chain is a relationship where on organism feeds on the previous one & in turn provides energy for the next one

Question 22

What are the arrows in a food chain

Answer 22

The arrow indicates the DIRECTION of the energy flow

Question 23

What are producers

Answer 23

Producers are green plants who make their own food through photosynthesis

Question 24

What are consumers

Answer 24

Consumers eat plants or other animals

Question 25

What is a food web

Answer 25

A food web is a inter connected series of food chains

Question 26

What do predictors eat

Answer 26

They eat prey

Question 27

What do food chains/webs start with

Answer 27

Producers

Question 28

What is the source of energy for producers

Answer 28

The sun

Question 29

What are producers eaten by

Answer 29

Primary consumers

Question 30

What are primary consumers eaten by

Answer 30

Secondary consumers

Question 31

What are secondary consumers eaten by

Answer 31

Tertiary consumers

Question 32

What is a pyramid of numbers

Answer 32

It’s a diagram showing the number of organisms at each stage of the food chain

Question 33

What dose a pyramid of energy show u

Answer 33

It shows the energy content of all the organisms at each stage of the food chain