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**Photosynthesis** |
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1. Photosynthesis: The process whereby plants utilize sunlight, carbon dioxide
and water to live and grow. The by-product or waste is oxygen.
2. Plants take in sunlight though their leaves. Carbon Dioxide enters
the plant through tiny openings in the leaf called:
**Stomata. Small Pore like openings.** |
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3. Water enters the plant through their roots.
4. The sunlight, carbon dioxide and water work on bits of matter in the
leaf. These bits of matter in the plant give it it's green color called"
the plant through tiny openings in the leaf called:
**Chlorophyll** |
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5. The outcome of the work from sunlight, water, and CO2, is to produce
sugar which is used in the plant to grow and live. The plant inhales
Carbon Dioxide and exhales Oxygen
6. The process whereby the food for the plant is produced, is called:
**Photosynthesis** |
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1. Photo: Meaning Light.
2. Synthesis: Putting together, or building.
3. Photosynthesis: Putting together or building under the influence
of light.
4. All Life depends on the process of photosynthesis.
5. All food we eat originates in the process of photosynthesis.
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1. Deciduous trees loose their leaves in the fall and photosynthesis ceases.
2. Coniferous trees however, continue photosynthesis in their green
needles through the winter as long as the leaf temperature remains above
freezing.
3. About 200 sq. inches of green leaf surface produces enough oxygen
through the summer to supply one human being for about one year.
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**Plant a Tree; Help Photosynthesis** |
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© 1998 Charles A. Giannetta