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María Liste
Photosynthesis is the process by
which plants,

in the presence of sunlight,

turn carbon dioxide and water

into oxygen and food,

a simple sugar called glucose.

 Roots absorb

water and minerals

from the soil.

This mixture of water and

minerals is called raw sap.

The stem carries the raw sap (water and minerals)

from the roots

to the rest of the plant.

Leaves capture sunlight

and take in CO2

from the air.

How do they do it?

 Leaves have tiny openings called the stomata

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Cabbage leaf
stomata
 Plant cells contain chloroplasts.

They are the organelles that

capture light energy to make sugar

 Why are they green?

because they contain

chlorophyll:

a pigment that is green .

Spinach chloroplasts
The leaves use the energy from the sunlight to transform the
water and the CO2
into glucose and oxygen.

Oxygen comes out of the plant

through the stomata.
The mixture of glucose and water

is called ELABORATED SAP

and is carried to every cell of the plant.

(It’s the food of the plant)

 Humans have a
circulatory system.

Do plants have a circulatory system?

 Plants have tubes called XYLEM and PHLOEM

They are like the blood vessels in the human body

They transport water, minerals and nutrients to the entire plant

Plant vessels
 Are you
curious?

Then...this
video is for
you.

Transportation
in plants
Why do leaves change colour in autumn?
The stem transports the glucose from the leaves (elaborated sap)

to the rest of the plant.

The plant uses the glucose to grow.

Some of the glucose is used
immediately

The extra-glucose is stored

in the form of starch or
in the form of fats and oils
in the roots
in the steam
in the seeds
in the fruits
or in the leaves.
Plants store food in their roots
Food stored in stems

Potato tubers

Onion bulb

Leeks Underground stems

Food
stored in
seeds
 Food stored in fruits

Avocado Bananas
Pumpkin

Strawberries
Plants store food in their leaves

Parsley
Acknowledgements:

●All pictures were obtained from Google Images.

●None of the pictures/ illustrations are mine.
●Credit is given to all artists and photographers for their work.

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