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    How do plants grow?


    Many years ago, people
    thought that plants ate soil
    and that made them grow.

    But think about it, if that


    really happened then there
    wouldn’t be any soil left!

    Plants actually grow by


    making their own food,
    not by eating soil.
    So where does the stuff
    that plants are made of
    come from?

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    How do plants make their own food?
    One of the raw materials that plants need to make food
    does come from the soil, the other comes from the air.
    What are these two raw materials?

    carbon dioxide
    (from the air)

    water
    (from the soil)

    Plants use carbon dioxide and water to make their own food
    in a chemical reaction. What is the name of this reaction?

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    What is the name of the process?
    Plants make their food from carbon dioxide and water in
    a chemical reaction called photosynthesis.
    The food made by photosynthesis is the sugar, glucose.

    carbon dioxide
    (from the air)
    glucose
    water
    (from the soil)
    oxygen

    Oxygen gas is also made as a by-product of photosynthesis.

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    Where does the energy come from?
    Plants need energy for photosynthesis to take place.
    The energy for photosynthesis comes from the Sun.

    carbon dioxide
    (from the air)
    glucose
    water
    (from the soil)
    oxygen

    Where in a plant does photosynthesis take place?

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    Where does photosynthesis happen?
    Plant cells in the upper surface of leaves have chloroplasts
    which contain the green pigment called chlorophyll.
    chlorophyll

    carbon dioxide
    (from the air)
    glucose
    water
    (from the soil)
    oxygen

    It is chlorophyll, which absorbs light energy from the


    Sun, that enables plants to carry out photosynthesis.

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    What is the equation?
    Plants make their own food through photosynthesis.

    In this chemical reaction, chlorophyll in plant cells absorbs


    light energy to change carbon dioxide and water into
    glucose and the by-product oxygen.

    What is the word equation for photosynthesis?

    light energy
    carbon
    dioxide + water glucose + oxygen
    chlorophyll

    This equation can be read as:


    “Carbon dioxide and water, in the presence of light energy
    and chlorophyll, react to form glucose and oxygen”.

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    What is needed for photosynthesis?

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    What is the word equation?

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    Photosynthesis and the atmosphere
    Before plants the atmosphere
    was mainly made up of carbon
    dioxide and water vapour.

    Gradually carbon dioxide was


    converted into oxygen as
    photosynthesis in plants and
    algae evolved.

    The increased level of oxygen


    slowly made the planet more
    suitable for other forms of life.

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