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Topic 6: Plant Nutrition
Photosynthesis
LO To explain the process of photosynthesis

STARTER: Complete revision exam question AND write

down this definition
PHOTOSYNTHESIS is the process by which plants
manufacture carbohydrates from raw materials using
energy from light.

Activity
Use the
information on your
sheet to answer
the true or false
questions about
photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis the 4 things you need

SUNLIGHT

Gives the plant energy

CHLOROPHYLL

WATER

Travels up
from the roots

CARBON DIOXIDE
Enters the leaf through small
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holes

The green
stuff
where the
chemical
reactions
happen

Plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose

and oxygen.
The glucose is stored as starch in the cells on the
plant

Raw materials Things we

(what we
need
start with)
Carbon dioxide Sunlight

Products
(what we end
with)
Glucose

Water

Oxygen

Sunlight

Chlorophyll

Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis

Use these pictures the write out the equation for

photosynthesis. It should look like this

A* challenge- Can you match the symbol to the

materials of photosynthesis and balance the equation?

H20

C6H12O6

O2

CO2

SUNLIGHT
AND
CHLOROPHYLL

Carbon dioxide + water glucose + oxygen

6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2

Chlorophyll converts light energy into chemical energy which
can be used to synthesise carbohydrates

Plants uses of plant glucose

Raw material for growth,
repair and replacement of
damaged parts

Used immediately to provide

energy source for
respiration

To make fats & oils

(energy stored in seeds)

Glucose

Energy used to turn

sugars, nitrates &
other nutrients into
amino acids which
build up proteins

Energy stored as sucrose

(in fruit)
Energy stored as starch
(in leaves, seeds, roots
and tubers)

To make cellulose, the main

structural material in cell
walls

Uses
Usesofofsugars
sugarsininplants
plants

PAIR Activity: From little acorns do

great oaks grow
A tree is planted in a meadow.
After 20 years it has grown into a big tree, weighing 250kg more than
when it was planted.

Where do the
extra 250kg come
from?
Explain your
answer as fully
and scientifically
as you can.

Exam questions >

Try the exam questions on what we
have learnt today.
Time allowed: 10 minutes

Self-assessment

(a) carbon, water, oxygen, light, chlorophyll,

starch
1 mark each= 6
(b) leaf (or named part of leaf)
or
chloroplasts
accept anywhere green, do not credit chlorophyll
unless qualified 1
2 (a) (i) light or solar do not credit suns
energy, do not credit radiant 1
(ii) chlorophyll
1
(iii) chloroplast
1