Science glossary · Canada
Photosynthesis
How green plants make their own food using light.
Plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil and, using energy from sunlight, turn them into sugar. They give off oxygen.
Example: A plant kept in a dark cupboard can't photosynthesize and becomes pale and weak.
Lessons, worksheets, practice and tools on this: Living things and life cycles.
Related words
- Habitat: The place where a plant or animal naturally lives and finds what it needs.
- Life cycle: The stages a living thing goes through from birth to having young of its own.
- Adaptation: A body part or behaviour that helps a living thing survive where it lives.
- Germination: When a seed begins to grow into a new plant.
- Pollination: The moving of pollen from one part of a flower to another so that seeds can form.