Skill 2: Explain how plants capture light energy from the sun and store it in the bonds of glucose. Are they storing or releasing energy? Are they making or breaking down glucose?
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BIO.2e — Photosynthesis: Transforming Light Energy into Chemical Energy
If you only know one thing about plants...
remember that they have the superpower of being able to make their own food.
[Use word decoding to break down the phrases, "energy rich organic molecules" and "chemical energy." These are phrases they like to use on the SOL test.]
TTFG: Energy rich organic molecules -
Chemical energy -
[A byproduct is basically a leftover part that cannot make a full product.
Name the reactants, products, and byproducts in the "reaction" above.]
[Name the three things a plant needs to make its own food. *Hint - they take in the things they need to carry out photosynthesis.]
[Name the main product of photosynthesis. This is the purpose of plants performing the process. Plants also put off a gas that animals need to survive...name the byproduct gas.]
Summary:
[Explain how plants capture light energy from the sun and store it in the bonds of glucose. Are they storing or releasing energy? Are they making or breaking down glucose?]