Photosynthesis

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Across
  1. 3. Depending on the environment, a plant’s access to ______ will vary
  2. 5. Once a plant is fully grown it may not need as much of this substance and may start to store it instead?
  3. 7. To perform photosynthesis, plants need three things: _____ ______, water, and sunlight.
  4. 10. Plants are called _________ because they can use energy from light to synthesize, or make, their own food source.
  5. 11. You are probably aware that plants need sunlight, water, and a home (like soil) to _____, but where do they get their food?
  6. 12. Another word for Glucose
Down
  1. 1. What breaks down sugar after it is produced?
  2. 2. _________ take in gases through a process called respiration.
  3. 4. When the rabbit ate the pea pod, it indirectly received ________ from sunlight, which was stored in the sugar molecules in the plant
  4. 5. How does a plant take carbon dioxide and water molecules and make a food molecule? The _____
  5. 6. What part of plants are responsible for absorbing water?
  6. 8. The leaves take in carbon dioxide from the ____ and release oxygen
  7. 9. 6CO2 + 6H2O + Light energy → C6H12O6 (sugar) + 6O2 is the ________ for photosynthesis