The Main Function of the Leaf: Photosynthesis | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Concepts related to the leaf and photosynthesis

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What is the main function of the leaf?

The main function of the leaf is to make food for the plant.

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What is the special name for the main function of the leaf?

Photosynthesis

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What three things or "ingredients" do leaves need to make food or complete photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide, Water (Hydrogen from the water), and sunlight

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What do leaves get rid of that we need to breathe?

Oxygen

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What do leaves take when people and animals breathe to complete photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide

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What color is the part of the leaf that helps gather sunlight and complete photosynthesis?

green

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True or False: People could live without plants.

False. People need the oxygen from plants to survive.

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True or False: Plants make their own food inside their bodies.

True. They make their own food in the leaves by photosynthesis.

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True or False: People and animals can make food in our bodies like plants.

False. People and animals need to gather and eat food. They cannot make food in their bodies like plants.

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How do leaves get the carbon dioxide they need and get rid of the oxygen they don't need?

The leaves have small holes that open and close to "breathe" like a mouth which lets them take in carbon dioxide and get rid of oxygen.

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