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Photosynthesis Flashcards

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1
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What are the two products of photosynthesis?

A

glucose and oxygen

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2
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What provides the energy for photosynthesis to happen?

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Light

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What do we call the holes in the leaf through which the carbon dioxide enters?

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Stomata

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4
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The specialised cells that trap the sunlight contain a lot of?

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Chlorophyll

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What compound do plants absorb from the soil that they need for photosynthesis?

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Water

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6
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Name the layer of leaf cells that has the most chloroplasts (the plant cell organelles that contain chlorophyll).

A

palisade layer

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7
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What is the missing chemical? _______ + water > glucose + oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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8
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What chemical is used to test for starch?

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Iodine

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Why do leaves have a large surface area?

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to trap sunlight

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10
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Which of the changes below will not increase photosynthesis?

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increased concentrations of oxygen

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What is the name for the process by which the carbon dioxide enters the leaf?

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Diffusion

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12
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What type of reaction is photosynthesis?

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Endothermic

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13
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Plants store glucose (sugar) as

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Starch

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14
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Chlorophyll is

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a green pigment found in chloroplasts

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What do we call the tube that carries the glucose once it is made by the leaves?

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The phloem

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What is the name of the hollow tube that takes water into the leaf?

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the xylem

17
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Once the carbon dioxide enters the leaf it passes through gaps in a layer of cells called ?

A

Spongy mesophll

18
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Limiting factors: there are three things that affect how much photosynthesis takes place in a plant. What are they?

A

Light intensity, temperature and carbon dioxide concentration

19
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What is glucose used for in the plant?

A

respiration, storage, and cellulose for cell wall

20
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What is true about root hair cells?

A

They don’t have chloroplasts

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