Photosynthesis vocabulary

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.

• Photosynthesis

• Energy

• Cyanobacteria

• Algae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ability to do work. Energy can take a wide variety of forms - light energy, electrical energy, heat energy, sound energy, mechanical energy, chemical energy, nuclear or atomic energy.

• Photosynthesis

• Energy

• ATP

• Cyanobacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A group of photosynthetic bacteria containing a blue photosynthetic pigment

• Photosynthesis

• Energy

• Cyanobacteria

• Algae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A term used to describe a large, diverse group of eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms, They are usually aquatic, and can be unicellular or multicellular.

• Photosynthesis

• Energy

• Cyanobacteria

• Algae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A single-celled algae

• Diatoms

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

• Stomatta

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The organelle in which photosynthesis occurs.

• Diatoms

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

• Stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis

• Diatoms

• Chlorophyll

• Stomata

• Chloroplasts

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The opening in a leaf or stem of a plant that enables the gas exchange to occur

• Diatoms

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

• Stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also release of water into the air by other organisms

• Transpiration

• Cellular respiration

• Mitochondria

• ATP

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

• Transpiration

• Cellular respiration

• Mitochondria

• ATP