Lesson 3 Plant Processes
Predict three facts that will be discussed in Lesson 3 after reading the headings. Record your
predictions in your Science Journal.
Photosynthesis and Relate the importance of plants to all animal life.
Cellular Respiration
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I found this on page . Sequence the processes of photosynthesis. Use the words in
parentheses in your explanations.
Chlorophyll absorbs light energy.
(hydrogen, oxygen)
(oxygen, stomata)
(carbon dioxide, glucose)
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I found this on page . Express the process of photosynthesis.
and produces and
I found this on page . Differentiate photosynthesis from cellular respiration.
Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration
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Lesson 3 | Plant Processes (continued)
I found this on page . Compare ways in which plants and animals both use oxygen.
Movement of Nutrients Contrast absorption and transpiration.
and Water
I found this on page . Absorption Transpiration
Plant Responses Categorize plant responses.
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Stimulus Tropism Description
Positive
phototropism
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Negative
gravitropism
Thigmatropism
Synthesize It Why is it beneficial to humans to know about the plant processes
discussed in Lesson 3?
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Review Introduction to Plants
Chapter Wrap-Up
Now that you have read the chapter, think about what you have learned.
Use this checklist to help you study.
Complete your Foldables® Chapter Project.
Study your Science Notebook on this chapter.
Study the definitions of vocabulary words.
Reread the chapter, and review the charts, graphs, and illustrations.
Review the Understanding Key Concepts at the end of each lesson.
Look over the Chapter Review at the end of the chapter.
Summarize It Reread the chapter Big Idea and the lesson Key Concepts. Draw
and label a diagram of the diversity of plant life.
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Challenge Do research to learn about plants that live entirely beneath the water. Evaluate how
their parts and processes compare and contrast with land plants. Make a poster about what you
learn. Display the poster in your classroom.
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