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  1. What process do plants use to make their own food?
  2. Where do plants get the water they need for photosynthesis?
  3. What is the name of the tiny openings on leaves that let carbon dioxide in?
  4. What is the green pigment inside chloroplasts called?
  5. What do plants produce besides glucose during photosynthesis?
  6. Why do plants not make food at night?
  7. How do plants in dark places adapt to low light?
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True or False
  1. Plants use photosynthesis to make sugar and oxygen.
  2. Chlorophyll is a pigment that captures sunlight.
  3. Plants absorb oxygen from the air to make food.
  4. Photosynthesis happens only when there is sunlight.
  5. Plants in dark places do not need any sunlight to survive.
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Discussion Questions
  1. Have you ever tried growing a plant at home? What was your experience?
  2. Why do you think it is important to protect plants and trees?
  3. How do you think the process of photosynthesis affects the air we breathe?
  4. Can you think of any ways humans can help plants grow better?
  5. Do you prefer indoor plants or outdoor plants? Why?
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Answer Key

Questions
  1. Plants use photosynthesis to make their own food.
  2. Plants get water through their roots from the soil.
  3. The tiny openings are called stomata.
  4. The green pigment is called chlorophyll.
  5. Plants produce oxygen besides glucose during photosynthesis.
  6. Plants do not make food at night because there is no sunlight.
  7. Plants in dark places grow bigger leaves or grow slowly to adapt to low light.
True or False
  1. True
  2. True
  3. False (Plants absorb carbon dioxide, not oxygen, to make food.)
  4. True
  5. False (All plants need some sunlight to survive.)