http://library.thinkquest.org/11226/why.htm  - explore the carbon cycle

http://www.ftexploring.com/me/photosyn1.html  - complete explanation of photosynthesis

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants/main.html - How plants grow, make food, pollinate, and more

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html - The Great Plant Escape (much information about plants)

http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/enviro/photo.htm - The Photosynthesis Process

1. What is the definition of photosynthesis?

2. Where does photosynthesis take place?

3. What role does each part of the plant play in photosynthesis?

4. What does a plant need to make its own food?

5. Where do all the ingredients for photosynthesis come from?

6. What is the food called and where does it go?

7. How is the food stored?

8. How does photosynthesis help plants, animals, and humans?

Part II:  Photosynthesis Summary
Go to each link in the summary and then fill in the blanks in the statements below.

  Photosynthesis Occurs in Chloroplasts

  Chemical Energy NADP + e- + H+ --> NADPH

The ____________________ also contain the biochemical "machinery" for utilization of

_____________ , for the reduction of ____________, and for ______________ so they can

be used by the rest of the plant.

The coupling factor allows H+ to cross the thylakoid membrane, coupling the

____________________ in the gradient to form ______________.

Light travels in small energy packets called _____________________.

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