Plant Systems Science 600
fertilizer
Today, most _______________ is made in factories from chemicals:
protein
What do plants manufacture from glucose?
They cannot produce food.
What is true about cells in animals?
fertilizer
When plants and animals die and decay, they become:
protein
An organic molecule containing nitrogen.
algae
An organism that carries on photosynthesis in each cell is called:
legumes
A particular group of plants which can "manufacture" their own fertilizer is known as the______
True
A plant leaf is as complex as a modern chemical factory.
False
A plant only requires the correct chemicals to make plant food.
legume
A protein-making plant.
manure
A type of fertilizer that recycles natural resources is called
oxygen
By-products of photosynthesis are glucose and
respiration
Chemical process of cells doing work; breathing.
enzyme
Chemical which helps speed up organic reactions
fertilizer
Chemicals added to plants to aid growth.
ptyalin
Enzyme that breaks down starch into glucose.
photosynthesis
Food-making process in green plants.
oxygen
Gas given off by plants, used by animals.
carbon dioxide
Gas given off in respiration, absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.
Genesis 1:29-30
In what Scripture does God tell us that plants are for the needs of people and animals?
palisade layer
Layer of cells near the top surface of the leaf which contains the chloroplasts.
starch
Many glucose units stacked together.
organic
Natural fertilizers are called ______ fertilizers
manure
Organic (natural) fertilizer.
saprophyte
Organism that gets its food from decaying plants or animals.
False
Photosynthesis is possible only in the leaves.
first
Plants form the _____ part of the food chain.
True
Plants release oxygen gas to the atmosphere.
True
Proteins are complex molecules.
False
Scientists can produce plant food just like a leaf can.
chloroplast
Small oval bodies containing chlorophyll.
spongy
Soft, light, and full of holes like a sponge.
sugars
Starch breaks up into simple units called
glucose
Sugar made during photosynthesis.
Starch, Protein, Fats, Oils
The basic foods that plants make are__________________________
to help break down starch into simple glucose
The function of enzymes in plants is:
chlorophyll
The green chemical that performs photosynthesis.
magnesium
The mineral needed for chlorophyll to work is:
False
The only function of glucose is to make starch.
