Photosynthesis Webquest

Using the following web links answer the following questions:

http://woodchurchscience.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/photosynthesis-flash.swf 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What do plants take in through the roots? What moves up stems to the leaves? Where does the leaf get water? Where does the leaf get carbon dioxide? What does the leaf combine to make sugar? What does the plant release into the air as a waste? What does the plant do with the sugar it makes? Why are plants important to the environment? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/phot_flash.html Click on the cycle. 1. 2. 3. 4. What molecules are involved for the plant? Where did the energy come from? Where does the carbon dioxide come from? Where does the water come from? Atomic Shuffle 1. 2. 3. 4. What do you see when you zoom in on the leaf? What two molecules does the leaf use? What does it turn these molecules into? Write down the equation for photosynthesis Three Puzzlers 1. 2. 3. Can a tree release enough oxygen to keep one person alive? Explain Can a plant survive without light? Explain Can a plant survive without oxygen? Explain