Plants And Food

Question 1

Who can make their own food?

Answer 1

Green plants

Question 2

What is the name of the food they make?

Answer 2

It is a type of sugar called glucose.

Question 3

What is the process when plants make their own food?

Answer 3

Photosynthesis.

Question 4

What does “photo” mean?

Answer 4

Light

Question 5

What does “synthesis” mean?

Answer 5

To make

Question 6

What does photosynthesis mean?

Answer 6

Using light to make glucose

Question 7

Where does photosynthesis mainly take place?

Answer 7

In the leaves of the plant.

Question 8

What do all green plants contain?

Answer 8

A substance called chlorophyll.

Question 9

What is chlorophyll?

Answer 9

The green pigment that gives the leaves and other parts of the plant their green colour.

Question 10

What does chlorophyll in the leaves absorb?

Answer 10

It absorbs energy from sunlight.

Question 11

What is the main function of the leaves?

Answer 11

Make food,glucose

Question 12

What does the plant do?

Answer 12

Holds up the leaves so that they can get the right amount of sunlight

Question 13

What are the four different leaves called?

Answer 13

Acacia,agapanthus,pincushion and aloe.

Question 14

What happens during photosynthesis?

Answer 14

During the process of photosynthesis the plant uses energy it gets from sunlight,carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to make glucose. During this process the plant releases oxygen.

Question 15

What can glucose be changed into?

Answer 15

Starch and stored.

Question 16

Who uses oxygen released by the plant?

Answer 16

People and animals

Question 17

In a flow chart during photosynthesis what do the + and arrow sign mean?

Answer 17

The plus means adding the needed ingredients for photosynthesis together. The arrow means the final result of the added ingredients for photosynthesis together.

Question 18

What is the flow chart for photosynthesis?

Answer 18

Carbon dioxide+sunlight+water = glucose+ oxygen glucose=starch

Question 19

What do plants change into starch?

Answer 19

Glucose

Question 20

Where do they store the starch in general?

Answer 20

In different parts of the plant.

Question 21

Name the types of parts where they store the starch?

Answer 21

Fruits,roots,leaves,stems and seeds.

Question 22

Example of starch stored in fruit?

Answer 22

Apple and banana

Question 23

Example of starch in roots?

Answer 23

Carrot,rhubarb,potato and beetroot

Question 24

Example of starch in leaves?

Answer 24

Cabbage and spinach

Question 25

Example of starch in stems?

Answer 25

Celery,onion and tuber

Question 26

Example of starch in seeds?

Answer 26

Milies and green beans

Question 27

What do all living things need to survive?

Answer 27

Food

Question 28

How do plants absorb carbon dioxide?

Answer 28

Through the small openings called stomata which exchange gases.

Question 29

What are the small plant cells in the mesophyll cells called?

Answer 29

Chloroplasts

Question 30

What do chloroplasts do?

Answer 30

Same as chlorophyll

Question 31

What language of origin does photosynthesis come from?

Answer 31

Greek (Greece)

Question 32

What are the tubes called which transport water all over the plant?

Answer 32

Xylem

Question 33

What are the important cells which protect the chloroplast called?

Answer 33

Mesophyll cells.

Question 34

What is the extra glucose used for?

Answer 34

It is used for photosynthesis when there is no sunlight.

Question 35

Why does ocean photosynthesis take place at a slower rate?

Answer 35

Because the sunlight still has to go through the layers of water so only some sunlight gets through.

Question 36

Where do mushrooms get their food from?

Answer 36

Decomposed animals in the ground.