BIO 353 CELL BIOLOGY AMOEBA SISITE PHOTOSYNTHESIS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Amoeba Sisters: Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes
1. Why do plants and animals (and any organism) need glucose?
2. How do plants get their glucose?
3. Identify the reactants and the products of photosynthesis.
4. Why is light written above the arrow in the balanced equation for photosynthesis?
5. Different wavelengths of light have different .
6. One pigment that plants use for photosynthesis is called .
7. Chlorophyll is an expert at absorbing and light, but not light.
8. Because chlorophyll doesn’t absorb much light, it actually it.
Therefore, many plants appear to our eyes.
9. Chlorophyll is a pigment found in the of cells.