IGCSE BIOLOGY
UNIT 6: PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Before you start look back at 9CD Plants and Photosynthesis.
If you only remember one thing:
Photosynthesis:
If you only remember one thing:
Photosynthesis:
CARBON DIOXIDE + WATER -----LIGHT ENERGY AND CHLOROPHYLL-------> GLUCOSE + OXYGEN
(The reason that plants do photosynthesis is to produce GLUCOSE)
UNIT 6 LESSON 1: PHOTOSYNTHESIS BASICS
You can download the leaf cross section below to save you having to draw it.
Image credit: H McKenna (2006) Leaf anatomy.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_anatomy.svg Accessed: 12th November 2013
Image credit: H McKenna (2006) Leaf anatomy.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_anatomy.svg Accessed: 12th November 2013
EXTRA RESOURCES
- Look at this Photosynthesis Animation from PBS (Click on Launch Interactive)
- The Photosynthesis Song
- Another photosynthesis song
