Questions Flashcards
Plants need to make their own food. To do this they take in ________ ________ from the air through there ______
Carbon dioxide and stomata
Stomata are mainly found on the _____ of a leaf.
Epidermis
They also need ____ which absorb from the soil through specialized structure on their roots called ___ ____.
Water and root hair
They also need light from the ___.
Sun
Light energy is trapped by ____ which is found in the chloroplast of cells
Chlorophyll
The energy is used to form carbohydrate - this process is called ____
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is an _____ reaction. This means that it energy to keep it going. The energy comes from the ____
Endothermic and sun
where does water come from
The soil
How does water get into the plant
Roots
By what process does water enter
Osmosis
How are the roots adapted to increase water uptake?
Larger surface area
How does the water travel to the leaves
Via petiole
What happens to the oxygen that is made by the plant during photosynthesis
diffuses into the intercellular space and out of the underside of the leaves through the stomata
How does CO2 get into the leaf
Most carbon dioxide enters the leaf through the stomata
what process does carbon dioxide move
Diffusion
