What Plants Need

Which of the following are needed for photosynthesis to occur? Select all that apply.

• A. Water

• C. Sunlight

• B. Oxygen

• F. Carbon dioxide

• D. Soil

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True or false: The oxygen produced during photosynthesis is used by humans and animals.

• True

• False

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Which plant grew the tallest?

• Tomato

• Bean Plant

• Sunflower

• Lettuce

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Match the vocabulary word to its definition.

• stomata

• a green pigment found in plant cells that captures sunlight and uses it to make energy for the plant.

• chlorophyll

• methods to grow plants without soil

• hydrophonics and aquaponics

• a sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis; the plant's food.

• carbon dioxide

• microscopic openings on plants that are used to take in a carbon dioxide

• glucose

• a colorless, odorless gas found in the air around us

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3 plants are growing with no soil, 3 plants with little light, and 3 plants with little water.

By week 4, which plants grew the best?

• Plants with no soil

• Plants with little light

• Plants with little water

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Label the parts of the plant based on what it does for the plants in photosynthesis.

a

b

c

I absorb water and anchor the plant.

I collect sunlight and make glucose.

I keep the plant standing upright.

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True or false: Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis.

• True

• False

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Drag and drop what goes in and out of a plant because of photosynthesis.

a

b

c

d

glucose

oxygen

carbon dioxide

sunlight

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What is the primary function of photosynthesis in plants?

• To produce oxygen

• To produce carbon dioxide

• To produce glucose

• To produce water

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The (a)   part of the plant makes the food.

• roots
• stem
• leaf
• flower

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