
What do plants need to make food matter (molecules)?
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Plants need ___________________
Explain how plants use these ingredients to make food.
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Plants use energy from ________________________________
Use the words in the word bank to answer the questions below
What do plants use to make food?
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Plants use __________________________, __________________________, and __________________________ to make food.
How do plants and animals grow?
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Plants and animals grow by ______________________________________________________________________________

Is this organism a producer or consumer?
How does this organism get food molecules?
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This organism gets food molecules by _________________
How does this organism get body molecules?
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This organism gets body molecules by _________________

Is this organism a producer or consumer?
How does this organism get food molecules?
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This organism gets food molecules by _________________
How does this organism get body molecules?
Sentence starter:
This organism gets body molecules by _________________
We discussed chemical reactions in our last unit. When producers take water and carbon dioxide to make food using energy from sunlight, they are turning substances into a new substance. This means this is a chemical reaction that occurs in the producers!
We call this chemical reaction photosynthesis!
The chemical reaction of photosynthesis also produces oxygen which helps us humans stay alive!

Fill in each blank in this photosynthesis diagram showing how producers make food
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
E | arrow_right_alt | Leaves absorb sunlight |
D | arrow_right_alt | Plant releases oxygen into the atmosphere |
C | arrow_right_alt | Carbon dioxide enters the leaf |
B | arrow_right_alt | Photosynthesis begins glucose is made |
A | arrow_right_alt | Roots absorb water/nutrients |
Photosynthesis: Starting Substances
What Matter do you start with?
6CO2 + 6H2O + (energy) → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbon dioxide + water + light → glucose (sugar) + oxygen

Chemical Reaction - Process when substances change into different substances
Is this a chemical reaction?
Explain your answer. Use the words substance and molecules in your answer.
Click on the link to open the modeling tool.
https://learning.amplify.com/modelingtool/#/tool/161/level/23_Plant_Needs_Model_id_2731
Follow the direction to show the amount of matter moving through the ecosystem when there are more plants.
Then, answer the questions below using your model.

Because there were more plants (very healthy), what must have been true about the amount of carbon dioxide and water matter being used by the plants?
Fill in the blanks below.
Because there are more plants, ___________ water matter and _____________ carbon dioxide matter must be getting used.
Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?
Ecosystem Restoration Simulation - https://learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/#/

What did you observe in the simulation (that answers this question)?
Sentence starter:
In the simulation, _____________
Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?
Text: Energy Makes it All Go - https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228546/#page=10
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What did you read in the text (that answers this question)?
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In the text, it said _____________
Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?
Activity: Leaves and Roots game

What did your observe in the game (that answers this question)?
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In the game, __________________
Directions: Read the question below and write a paragraph that answers the question. Include what you know about molecules and energy in your explanation.
Question: Where do food molecules for cecropia trees come from? Explain how cecropia trees make food molecules.
Claim (Answer Question):
Food molecules for cecropia trees come from _______________________________________________________________
Evidence :
Choose one piece of evidence.

In the ______________________________________________, it says/shows ___________________________________________
Reasoning (Explain how cecropia trees make food):
What do Cecropia trees need to make food?
How do Cecropia trees get these matter (ingredients, molecules)?
How cecropia trees make food matter (molecules)?
Cecropia trees take in _____________________________ with their (what part of the plant?) ____________________________.
Cecropia trees take in _____________________________ with their (what part of the plant?) ____________________________.
Cecropia trees make food molecules by __________________________________________________
Photosynthesis: End/Product Substances
What Matter do you end up with?