Producers and Photosynthesis

Classify means ____.

Why do scientists classify things?

To make it easier to study the Biosphere, scientists classify organisms into

3 categories

Those categories are:

A producer is a group of parts that work together to do a job.

So a producer is a ____.

The producer's job is turning sunlight into food.

Turning sunlight into food is a producer's ___.

What is the science word for turning sunlight into food?

In the word "Photosynthesis," photo means ___.

In the word "Photosynthesis," synthesis means ___.

Sunlight, water, and Carbon Dioxide go INTO a producer.

Sunlight, water, and Carbon Dioxide are ____.

Which 3 are Inputs for photosynthesis?

(Pick 3)

Producers absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide through their ____.

The gas that plants breathe in is called ____.

Chlorophyll is the PART of a producer that absorbs sunlight.

Chlorophyll is a ____.

Chlorophyll is the component of a leaf that turns it ____.

In the Fall, the leaves change color and are no longer green.

Which component has most likely been lost?

Sugar and Oxygen come OUT of a producer.

Sugar and Oxygen are ____.

Which 2 are outputs for photosynthesis?

(Pick 2)

The sugar plants produce is called ____.

Glucose is a ___.

After the plant produces glucose, ___.

The gas that plants breathe out is called ____.