Photosynthesis Quiz

Photosynthesis

The process by which a cell captures sunlight and uses it

Autotraph

Things that make their own food

Heteroph

Things that can't make their own food

Carbon Dioxide

CO2

Sugars

C6H1206

Oxygen

O2

H2O

Water

Photosynthesis Process

When authrophs use the suns energy to convert 6 molecules of carbon dioxide and 6 molecules of water into oxygen and sugars

Chlorophyll

A green pigment found in chloroplasts, present in all green plants and is responsible for the light energy in photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis Equation

6CO2+6H20???(sunlight+energy) C6H1206+602