Photosynthesis

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
p o t o e s i
How plants make food from sunlight
2.
c l o l a
Plastid containing ___ and other pigments
3.
W y C t e
4.
l a
The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
5.
c o r y l
Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
6.
C l l m a
7.
s l i t
The rays of the sun
8.
s m
9.
G e
The color of grass
10.
w t
Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
11.
U r E p e i s
12.
r p r a o
The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules
13.
s i
The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
14.
L w e E e r s
15.
c b o x i e
A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic
16.
B o y
Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms
17.
o x g
Gas in the air that we need to breathe
18.
X l
The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue
19.
g l e
A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
20.
P h o
21.
s t a
A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants
22.
p t
Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food
23.
f o
What we eat to get energy and grow
24.
i i n
A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens