photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis


  Using light to put things together
• Photosynthesis


  1. Plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make food

  2. Leaves contain chloroplasts that convert carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into sugar and oxygen

  3. Sugar is used by plants as food

  4. Oxygen is released into the atmosphere
• Plants


  • Breathe in carbon dioxide and release oxygen
  • Have tiny openings called stomata in their leaves to take in carbon dioxide
• Chlorophyll


  Green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants
• Plants are often known as the lungs of the world as they take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen which humans breathe