How Plants Make Food
Plants store energy from the Sun, which is transferred to the organisms that eat the plants.
Plants make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs when sunlight shines on the green surface of a plant. The chlorophyll inside the leaves takes in the energy from the Sun. The chlorophyll in the leaf is contained in small structures called chloroplasts. The chlorophyll uses the energy to change carbon dioxide and water into a simple sugar called glucose. Plants use this sugar as food. As a result of photosynthesis, plants give off oxygen into the air. The oxygen is a waste product of photosynthesis.
WORKSHEET & Sample PDF Activity
Sample PDF Activity
Plants store energy from the Sun, which is transferred to the organisms that eat the plants.
- What is photosynthesis?
- How are chlorophyll and chloroplasts related?
- Label the diagram to describe the steps of photosynthesis.
Read the following paragraph. Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
Plants grow in different ways, depending on what kind of plants they are, what types of 4) ________ are in the soil, the amount of 5) ________ they get, and the amount of 6) ________ they receive. You can find out what the best growing conditions are for plants by doing 7) _________ that test each need. Farmers have been doing experiments like that for thousands of years. 8) ___________ are the people who grow our food.
