How Do Organisms Get and Use Energy? How plants use energy from the sun http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/photosynthesis.htm http://photosynthesisforkids.com/

Energy Sources Plants make their own food, making them producers or autotroph Uses leaves to make food, in the Chloroplasts The sun is Earth’s primary energy source.

http://studyjams. scholastic http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/photosynthesis.htm Photosynthesis The process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water

Photosynthetic Equation

Ingredients for Photosynthesis NEED THROUGH Water Carbon Dioxide Sun light Roots Stoma, or plant nostrils Chlorophyll, stored in the Chloroplast, plant kitchen

Photosynthesis Chlorophyll - Green substance that traps energy from the sun Stored in the Chloroplast- green organelles inside plant cells http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/photosynthesis

Sequence of Photosynthesis to Cellular Respiration Water, light energy, and carbon dioxide enter chloroplast. Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast, producing sugar and oxygen. Oxygen and sugar enter the mitochondria. Cellular Respiration takes place in the mitochondria, producing water, energy, and carbon dioxide. The process repeats itself so that the plant can continue to grow.

Photosynthesis and Respiration

Cellular Respiration Breaking down sugar and turning it into energy Chemical Process Happens in the mitochondria, “power house” of plant cells.