ITB/Bio
Class Set: Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper!
Photosynthesis Microviewer
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Use the Microviewer booklet (an maybe your notes) with the slide to answer the
following questions. Each labeled section on this worksheet corresponds to the
labeled sections in the booklet AND corresponding slides.
Introduction:
1. Name the two components which are the raw material required for
photosynthesis.
2. Name the cell organelle which is directly involved in
photosynthesis.
3. Name the gas which is a waste product of photosynthesis.
SLIDE #1
4. Draw a cross section of the leaf. Label the vein.
SLIDE #2
5. Draw AND label the cross section of a leaf. Label structures A, B, C, E, and S with the
vocabulary terms (not the letters).
6. True or False? Epidermis is the name for the outer layer of cells in both humans and plants.
7. Why are the chloroplasts a different color than normal in this slide?
8. What is the normal color of a chloroplast?
9. What is the function of the upper epidermis of a leaf?
10. Name two layers of the leaf where chloroplasts can be found.
11. Name the green substance contained in chloroplasts.
12. What is the function of a chloroplast?
13. True or False? Plants can produce fats, proteins, and starch.
14. What is the function of a stomate (stoma or stomata)?
SLIDE #3
15. What is the function of root hairs?
16. Explain why a plant may not grow well if it is transplanted and its root hairs are damaged.
SLIDE #4
17. Draw and label structures A, B, and C with the correct terms (not letters).
18. What is the function of the phloem?
19. What is the function of the xylem?
20. Why do plants need minerals?
SLIDE #7
21. In what forms are sugars stored in plants?
22. Name five plants that contain starch.
SLIDE #8
23. Draw and label the bean seed embryo.
Summary:
24. What is the function of the cotyledon?
25. How do animals benefit from photosynthesis?