What are the reactants needed for photosynthesis?
Water
Carbon dioxide
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose
Oxygen
Which type of energy is essential for photosynthesis to take place?
Light energy
Which organelle carries out photosynthesis?
Chloroplasts
What is the name of the green substance found in chloroplasts that captures light energy?
Chlorophyll
Where does the water required by plants come from?
The soil
What three factors can limit the rate of photosynthesis?
Light
Co2
Temperature
How is glucose used by plants and algae?
Used in respiration
Used to produce fat and oil
Used to produce cellulose (which strengthens cells walls
Used to make proteins
What else to plants need to absorb from the soil to produce proteins?
Nitrate ions
What do plants store glucose as?
Insoluble starch
List three things you can do in a green house to increase growth?
Artificial light allows photosynthesis to continue
Heating allows photosynthesis to continue at an increased rate
Extra carbon dioxide