Plant food examples: Which plants make their own food?

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ☀️ Photosynthesis: The process where plants convert light energy into chemical energy.
• 💧 Key Ingredients: Carbon dioxide ($CO_2$), water ($H_2O$), and sunlight.
• 🧪 Chlorophyll: The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight.
• 🌿 Autotrophs: Organisms that can produce their own food (like most plants!).
• 🌍 Equation: $6CO_2 + 6H_2O + \text{Light Energy} \rightarrow C_6H_{12}O_6 + 6O_2$
• 💡 Heterotrophs: Organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on other organisms (like humans!).

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is the primary process by which plants make their own food?

   1. Pollination
   2. Respiration
   3. Photosynthesis
   4. Transpiration

2. What is the green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight called?

   1. Melanin
   2. Chlorophyll
   3. Carotene
   4. Xanthophyll

3. Which of the following are the main ingredients required for photosynthesis?

   1. Oxygen and Sugar
   2. Nitrogen and Minerals
   3. Carbon Dioxide and Water
   4. Proteins and Fats

4. What type of organism is capable of producing its own food?

   1. Heterotroph
   2. Decomposer
   3. Autotroph
   4. Consumer

5. What is the chemical formula for glucose, the sugar produced during photosynthesis?

   1. $H_2O$
   2. $CO_2$
   3. $O_2$
   4. $C_6H_{12}O_6$

6. What gas is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis?

   1. Carbon Dioxide
   2. Nitrogen
   3. Oxygen
   4. Hydrogen

7. Which part of the plant is primarily responsible for carrying out photosynthesis?

   1. Roots
   2. Stem
   3. Leaves
   4. Flowers