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photosynthesis This is the way plants make their food. Plants need three things to photosynthesise: - carbon dioxide from the air - water from the soil - energy from the sunlight. light Plants can only photosynthesise in the light. The plant uses light energy from the sun to help make its food. carbon dioxide The plant uses carbon dioxide from the air to help make its food. glucose oxygen The plant makes oxygen as a waste product. This is useful for us because we need oxygen to breathe! This is the food the plant makes. It is a type of sugar. The plant turns some of the glucose into starch to use later. We say it stores the energy as starch. chlorophyll This is a green substance in the leaves. It absorbs the light that the plant needs for photosynthesis. chloroplasts These are little discs in the plant cell. These have the green substance called chlorophyll in them. An “equation” for photosynthesis carbon dioxide + light energy glucose water (chlorophyll) + oxygen Words to describe food chains producer These are green plants that make their own food from sunlight. consumer These animals have to eat things to get their energy. Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores are all consumers carnivore These animals eat other animals herbivore These animals only eat plants. predator These animals hunt and eat other animals omnivore These animals eat plants and other animals prey These animals get hunted and eaten by the predators! om nom nom nom The sound animals make when they are eating.
