Name ____________________ Period _______ Date _____________
Getting Energy and Matter into Biological Systems
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1) What is the main way that energy and matter get into organisms?
2) What is photosynthesis?
3) Plants convert ______________________ into ______________________. This
____________________ energy is stored in _______________________.
4) Photosynthesis uses only certain ____________________ ,or colors, of
_____________________ light.
5) Why do most plants appear green?
6) What other factor helps photosynthesis to work more or less efficiently?
7) What 3 events occur in plant cells during photosynthesis?
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8) Summarize the 2 distinct, but interdependent sets of reactions
First phase
Second phase
Bringing Solar Energy into Living Systems
9) Where do the reactions of photosynthesis take place?
10) What give plants their color? How do they do this?
11) How is this process similar to cellular respiration?
12) What is the by-product of photosynthesis?
13) What 3 products are formed from the first phase of photosynthesis?
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3.
Bringing Carbon into Living Systems
14) What provides the matter that becomes plant leaves, stems and roots?
15) What is carbon fixation?
16) What provides the energy for these carbon-producing reactions?
17) Name 4 types of matter that the carbon can be used to form
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18) How do plant cells that cannot perform photosynthesis obtain energy to live?
19) Why are plants said to be producers?