Photosynthesis

By Gia Thurton

How Do plants eat??We all know that plants don’t just get up and

make some food. But they are living things… so they have to eat somehow!

Well plants eat by the process of…

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

The 2 stages of Photosynthesis

Stage 1: Capturing the suns energyThe Plant’s Chlorophyll captures the

energy that the sun gives offThis stage occurs mostly in the leavesThe color of the leaves come from

pigments.The main pigment in photosynthesis is the

Cholorphyll, located in the chloroplast

Vocabulary:Pigments- colored chemical compounds that absorb lightChlorophyll- The main pigment in chloroplasts

Stage 2: Using the energyThe Plant uses the energy to make sugars.The plant does this by using water and

carbon dioxide. The roots absorb the water and the water moves up to the plant’s leaves

Carbon dioxide eneters the plant through the stomata and moves into the chloroplasts

Water and carbondioxide a series of chemical reactions

The sugar that is produced are used by the plant cells for energy

Stage 3: Carbon Dioxide is fixed and sugar is producedIn this stage, chlorophyll in the plant's cells

absorbs light waves that hit the green portions of the plant.

The capturing of the light energy allows the chlorophyll to pull electrons from water.

This creates extra oxygen from the water to be released as waste from the process. The electrons set off the generation of ATP to create energy for the cell.

Math Kicks InPhotosynthesis can be summed up by the photosynthesis equationThe arrow is the connections between the raw material and the products

What did we learn???How a plant eatsWhere the plants energy comes fromWhat a pigment, chlorophyll and stomata isThe 2 stages of photosnthesis And the photosynthesis equation

Works Sited

Websites

Getinthegarden.com

Wikipedia.com