How Plants Produce food

1. How Plants Produce food By: Tiffany Zhang & Ashley Tsai

2. Summary of Lesson

3. Vocabulary • Photosynthesis- The process by which plants transform energy from sunlight into chemical energy. • Grana- Stacks of membranes inside a chloroplast that contain chlorophyll • Chlorophyll- The pigment in the chloroplast that absorbs light. • Chloroplast- An organelle in plant cells in which photosynthesis takes place. • Stomata-Small openings in the bottom of a leaf through which gases move.

4. Introduction • Everybody uses energy to conduct all life processes • The original source of energy is the sun. • Plants transform energy of sunlight into chemical energy, then stored in food. Plants along with bacteria and algae accomplish this process called photosynthesis.

5. What is Photosynthesis?

6. Photosynthesis • Photosynthesis is the process so that plants may convert energy and heat from the sun into chemical energy. While this process happens oxygen is released.

7. This is a diagram of the process of Photosynthesis

8. Plant Cells • The main reason why plants are able to produce food is that in plant cells there is an organelle called chloroplast. • Chloroplast is only found in plant cells. Chloroplasts contain pigments that absorb sunlight. The energy is used to make food- an unique process among organelles. Pigment organelles gives plants their green color.

9. Here’s is a diagram of a Plant Cell

10. Beyond the Book

11. Fun Facts • There are over 200,000 plants in the world. • Did you know that a regular apple is 25% air, that’s why it floats on water. • Did you know that carrots are originally purple!

12. Q & A • Do you have any Questions???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

13. Credits BY; Ashley Tsai and Tiffany Zhang

14. Text; Tiffany Zhang and Ashley Tsai

15. Backgrounds; Ashley Tsai and Tiffany Zhang

16. Pictures: Tiffany Zhang and Ashley Tsai

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