Summary
Digs into photosynthesis — how plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food — and explains why plants are the foundation of almost every food chain on Earth.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
- What three ingredients do plants need to make their own food?
- What is the output of photosynthesis? (Hint: there are two.)
- Why are plants called 'producers' while animals are called 'consumers'?
- If a forest lost all its sunlight for a month, what would happen — and in what order?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: photosynthesis, producer, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, oxygen, glucose.
Try it: Write the photosynthesis equation in words: [sunlight + water + carbon dioxide → glucose + oxygen]. Draw an arrow for each ingredient going into a leaf, and each product coming out.