Leafy Green Food Factories

1. This waxy outer layer keeps a leaf from drying out.
2. Sucrose, starch, fat and protein are all kids of ________ we get from eating plants.
5. ________ are found mostly in the middle of a leaf.
6. This form of plant food easily travels to different parts of the plant.
8. ________ make their own food using carbon dioxide, water, and energy from sunlight.
9. ________ get food and oxygen from plants.
10. ________ carry water from the roots to the leaves.
12. Most leaves are wide and flat. This shape helps make it easier for them to collect energy from ________.
14. During ________, plants make food using energy from the sun.
15. Plant cell walls are made of ________.
16. Plants' roots soak up this important ingredient for photosynthesis.

1. dioxide Your lungs release this gas that plants need for photosynthesis.
3. Plants make this gas you breathe.
4. Plant food starts out as this simple sugar.
6. When you eat potatoes, you are getting a kind of stored plant food called ________.
7. Like your skin, a leaf's ________ protects its more tender inner cells.
11. This green chemical makes photosynthesis possible.
13. These tiny holes let carbon dioxide in and oxygen out.