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Questions
- What process do plants use to make their own food?
- Where do plants get the water they need for photosynthesis?
- What is the name of the tiny openings on leaves that let carbon dioxide in?
- What is the green pigment inside chloroplasts called?
- What do plants produce besides glucose during photosynthesis?
- Why do plants not make food at night?
- How do plants in dark places adapt to low light?
True or False
- Plants use photosynthesis to make sugar and oxygen.
- Chlorophyll is a pigment that captures sunlight.
- Plants absorb oxygen from the air to make food.
- Photosynthesis happens only when there is sunlight.
- Plants in dark places do not need any sunlight to survive.
Discussion Questions
- Have you ever tried growing a plant at home? What was your experience?
- Why do you think it is important to protect plants and trees?
- How do you think the process of photosynthesis affects the air we breathe?
- Can you think of any ways humans can help plants grow better?
- Do you prefer indoor plants or outdoor plants? Why?
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Answer Key
Questions
- Plants use photosynthesis to make their own food.
- Plants get water through their roots from the soil.
- The tiny openings are called stomata.
- The green pigment is called chlorophyll.
- Plants produce oxygen besides glucose during photosynthesis.
- Plants do not make food at night because there is no sunlight.
- Plants in dark places grow bigger leaves or grow slowly to adapt to low light.
- True
- True
- False (Plants absorb carbon dioxide, not oxygen, to make food.)
- True
- False (All plants need some sunlight to survive.)