Bio # ________

Name: _____________________________
Date: _____________________
Unit 4: Introduction to Photosynthesis
3A

Do Now
1. If a plant absorbs blue and reflects yellow, what color will it appear? How do you
know?

2. Why are plants green?

Photosynthesis is performed by ___________________

o Examples include _____________________

Why dont humans need to perform

photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis is the process of converting ___________

energy into ____________ energy
o ___________ energy = ____________
o ___________ energy = ____________
There are three reactants that go INTO photosynthesis:
o ___________________
o ___________________
o ___________________
There are two products that come OUT of photosynthesis
o ____________________
o ____________________

Why do humans need plants to survive? What do they give us that we need (besides
glucose)?

__________ + ________ + _________ _______ + ________________

There are two stages of photosynthesis
o ______________________________ stage
o ______________________________ stage, also
known as the __________ _______________
Why do you think plants have a lightindependent stage?

Photosynthesis occurs in the ______________________

o Light-dependent stage occurs in the
______________________
o Light-independent stage occurs in the
____________________, which is like the
chloroplasts _______________
Why do plants perform photosynthesis?