Vocabulary for Photosynthesis

1. Photosynthesis-the process in which plants and some other organisms use the
energy in sunlight to make food
2. Chlorophyll-a green pigment that traps energy from the sum
3. Chloroplasts-an organelle in a plant cell that turns energy from the sun into
chemical energy for the plant to use
4. carbon dioxide-a waste product made by cells of the body; a gas in the air made of
carbon and oxygen atoms
5. chloroplast-a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes
place.
6. pigment-the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue.
7. chlorophyll-the main pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants
8. stem-the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub where the water moves up through
to the leaves
9. function-the task which the plant performs with the energy it produced
10. chemical energy-the energy that is stored in the bands between atoms