PHOTOSYNTHES

IS
PROCESS
By Prasojo Yekti
Perdana
 01
THE
CONCEPT
By definition, a plant is a living thing
that produces its own food through
photosynthesis.
 WHAT IS
PHOTOSYNTHESI
S?
Photosynthesis
is how plants
make their food
These are the things a plant needs for photosynthesis

Light
from the
Sun
(Sunlight)

carbon
dioxide

wate
r
 What part of the
plant takes
water?
Plant absorbs water
through the roots.

The water travels

from the roots up
the stem to the
leaves

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 What part of the
plant takes
carbon dioxide?
The bottom part of a
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holes called stomata

Carbon dioxide
enters the leaves
through stomata

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What part of the
plant absorbs the
light from The
sun?
The green leaves of a
plant absorb light
energy from The Sun
The plant uses
light energy to
produce food
(glucose) from
carbon dioxide and
water
 Plant’s roots grow
towards water

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 THE CHLOROPHYLL
Plant cells magnified
Plant cells have cell structures
called chloroplasts which contain
chlorophyll, a green substance that
captures light energy. Chlorophyll
gives plant leaves their green color
chloroplasts Plant uses the light energy from the
sun to change carbon dioxide and
water into food
 PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS
The plant gives off oxygen
through the stomata in its
leaves. light

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oxygen
When plants make food in their leaves,
carbon
the “waste” product is oxygen—the gas
dioxide we must breathe in to stay alive.

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r
DETAIL OF THE PROCESS IN A
CELL
light
water CO2

oxygen glucose
02
ACTIVITIE
S
 Reading Text
Photosynthesis is how plants make Read the text and answer the questions!
their food using energy from sunlight. It
happens in the leaves of the plant. The 1. How do plants make their food?
leaves have a green substance called
chlorophyll that captures the energy 2. Where does photosynthesis occur in
from the sun. The plant then uses this the plant?
energy to turn carbon dioxide and water
into sugar and oxygen. The sugar is used 3. What is the role of chlorophyll in
by the plant for energy, while the oxygen photosynthesis?
is released into the air. This process is
important for all living things because we 4. How does the plant use the sugar
need the oxygen that the plants release produced during photosynthesis?
to breathe. Without photosynthesis,
there would be no food or oxygen for us 5. What would happen if there were no
to survive. photosynthesis?
 True / False
1 Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their food using T/F
energy from sunlight.
2 Photosynthesis occurs in the roots of the plant. T/F

3 Chlorophyll is a green substance found in the leaves of the plant that T/F
captures the energy from the sun.
4 During photosynthesis, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into T/F
sugar and oxygen.
5 The sugar produced during photosynthesis is used by the plant for T/F
energy.
6 Oxygen is released into the air as a by product of photosynthesis. T/F

7 Photosynthesis is only important for animals because they need the T/F
oxygen released by plants to breathe.
8 Without photosynthesis, there would be no food or oxygen available T/F
for living things to survive.
 Match!
No Words   Definition
1 Photosynthesis d a. The part of the plant that captures sunlight for photosynthesis
2 Sunlight   b. A key component needed by plants for photosynthesis.

 
3 Water   c. The energy source that plants use during photosynthesis, similar to food
for plants.
4 Carbon dioxide   d. The process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to
make sugars for food and release oxygen into the air

 
5 Leaves   e. The gas released by plants into the air during photosynthesis, which is
essential for humans and animals to breathe and stay alive.

6 Oxygen   f. A gas that plants take in from the air during photosynthesis, similar to the
air they breathe.
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