Plants

Question 1

Photosynthesis supports life in three ways

Answer 1

1. Oxygen
2. Primary producers
3. Sugars-the building blocks of life

Question 2

The phases of photosynthesis

Answer 2

1. The light reactions
2. The Calvin Cycle (dark reactions)

Question 3

Chloroplasts

Answer 3

• typically around 3-5 micrometres in diameter
• Can be circular or elongated
• A typical cell may contain between 5-50 chloroplasts

Question 4

Cytoplasmic streaming

Answer 4

The directed flow of cytoplasm within a cell
- for nutrient circulation

Question 5

The Basic Plant Cell

Answer 5

Animal cells and plant cells are similar except for three components:
- Plastid
- Large central vacuole
- Cell wall

Question 6

Chloroplast components

Answer 6

• Stroma - fluid comparison of chloroplast
• Thylakoids - disc-shaped membrane sacs
• Granum - stacks of thylakoids
• Stroma lamella (stroma thylakoids) - unstacked membranes connecting grana
• Stores starch in starch grains