Topic 6- Plant Structures and their Functions

In a food chain, consumers eat other organisms. What word is used to describe organisms that make their own food?

What process do plants and algae use to make their own food?

In what sub-cellular part of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur?

What substance from the air do plants need for photosynthesis?

What substance from the ground do plants need for photosynthesis?

What organs do plants use to get water from the ground?

How are roots adapted to getting water from the ground quickly?

What energy-storing compound is made in photosynthesis?

Suggest one use for glucose in a plant.

In what sub-cellular part of a plant cell does respiration occur?

What product of photosynthesis is a gas at room temperature?

Plants photosynthesise. Name one other group of organisms that photosynthesise.

What reactant in photosynthesis is a gas at room temperature?

What are all the materials that make up an organism known as?

In what subcellular parts of plants does photosynthesis occur?

Where does all the energy originally come from in most food chains?

What polymer inside chloroplasts is made from glucose?

Name the main sugar that is transported around most plants.

How are most leaves adapted to only allow gas exchange during the day?

What do we mean by the ‘rate’ of photosynthesis?

What is a rate of reaction?

What do we call something that prevents a rate of reaction increasing?

If light intensity is a limiting factor, what happens to the rate of photosynthesis when it is increased?

When there is plenty of light and plenty of carbon dioxide, suggest one factor that could be limiting.