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Feeding in plants

Revision

QUIZ

Use these questions to help you revise

1 What do plants need to carry out

photosynthesis? (page 181)

... chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, water and sunlight. ... carbon

dioxide + water light and chlorophyll glucose + oxygen

2 What is the word equation for

photosynthesis? (p. 181)

3 What is a variegated leaf? (p. 183) 4 How could you prove that carbon dioxide is
needed for photosynthesis? (p. 184)

... a leaf with some parts white where chlorophyll is missing. ... enclose a destarched plant in a plastic bag with soda lime. Leave the plant in sunlight for a few hours. Test a leaf for starch. ... some is used in respiration, some is changed to starch and stored, some is used to make cellulose. ... amino acids (which are built up into proteins), fats and oils. ... as food, as medicines, to keep the level of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere stable, building materials, and fuels. (3 needed) ... low temperature, shortage of carbon dioxide or shortage of light. ... factors like light intensity, that can affect the rate of photosynthesis. ... they have a large surface area and lots of chloroplasts in the palisade layer. ... they are thin and allow gases to diffuse in and out through holes called stomata. ... photosynthesis takes place in the light. Respiration takes place all the time. ... chemicals that are added to the soil to replace missing nutrients removed by a crop. ... auxin.

5 What can the sugar made in photosynthesis

be used for? (p. 185)

6 What other substances can sugar be

converted to in a plant? (p. 185)

7 Give 3 ways in which plants are important to

humans. (p. 186)

8 How might the rate of photosynthesis of a

plant be limited? (pp. 1879)

9 What are limiting factors? (p. 188) 10 How are leaves adapted to absorb sunlight?
(p. 190)

11 How are leaves adapted for gas exchange?

(pp. 19091)

12 When do photosynthesis and respiration

take place in a plant? (p. 192)

13 What are fertilisers?

(p. 194)

14 What is the hormone produced by the shoot

tip that stimulates the shoot to grow? (p. 197)

15 What does it mean if a shoot is positively

phototropic? (p. 197)

... the shoot grows towards light.

Gareth Williams, 2011