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Photosynthesis Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Science Process Skills-----------------------1 Parts of a Cell----------------------------------# Classifying Animals---------------------------# Ecosystems-------------------------------------# Food Chains/Food Webs--------------------# Photosynthesis---------------------------------# Make this the next clean page in your journal Plants • Plants are an important part of our environment. Without plants, animals and human beings could not survive. • Think of a few ways we, as humans need plants… • • • • • • • • • • • Plants produce us with: food oxygen medicines building materials seasonings candy &drinks industrial products dyes & decorations manufactured good paper Plants are producers • Plants are the only living thing able to make their own food. • There are a few things plants must have to survive… • What do you think those things are?... THE SUN: MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR LIFE ON EARTH Water Soil Carbon Dioxide • In order to grow, green plants use sunlight and store its energy in their leaves and stems. • Sunlight enables plants to convert water into foods needed by the plant. Plants also need carbon dioxide, which all animals (including humans) give off as they breathe. This remarkable process is called: Photosynthesis Photosynthesis (put in notes) • Plants need food and can make their own food. Green plants need • 1. carbon dioxide from the air • 2. water and minerals from the soil • 3. energy from the sun Photosynthesis AN OVERVIEW OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS • Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight to make energy/sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water Carbon dioxide Water Glucose PHOTOSYNTHESIS Oxygen gas Energy for plants (notes) • The water and carbon dioxide combine into sugars and oxygen. Sugars are the food for the plant. Plants use some of the sugars to grow, and store the rest in their tissues. • When you eat a plant, you take in energy the plants stored. video http://www.kscience.co.uk/animatio ns/photosynthesis.htm • Recipe for photosynthesis • http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/letse at.htm Let’s review • What do plants need to make their own food? Plants need water • Water helps the seed germinate • The plant grows • • • • • • • • • Plants need the sun • The sun gives the plant warmth • The sun gives the plant light to help it make food The plant needs minerals • The plant gets minerals from the soil to make it grow strong and healthy The end result EQUATION FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS WATER 6CO2 + 6H2O +ENERGY CARBON DIOXIDE OXYGEN C6H12O6 + 6O2 GLUCOSE There is one cell structure that allows plants to conduct photosynthesis • Think of a cell part that plants have and animals do not… What is one thing all of these plants have in common? (b) Kelp (c) Euglena (a) Mosses, ferns, and flowering plants They are all green! WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN? It's not that easy bein' green Having to spend each day the color of the leaves When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold Or something much more colorful like that… Kermit the Frog Why are plants green? Think back to the parts of a plant cell… WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN? Plant Cells have Green Chloroplasts The thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast is impregnated with photosynthetic pigments (i.e., chlorophylls). Chloroplats • Chlororplasts contain pigments that absorb sunlight. They use the energy to make food in a process called photosyntheis. Put in notes • Chloroplasts are the only organelles that can perform photosynthesis. • The pigment chorophyll gives plants their green color. It's not that easy bein' green… but it is essential for life on earth! Why is photosynthesis important for life to exist? • Every ecosystem is dependent on photosynthesis. • Remember! • The process of how plants make their own food is photosynthesis. Homework • Draw a picture to represent photosynthesis. • Under the picture write what is taking place.