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"Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in!" Where it all begins

Study Questions: On a separate sheet of paper in your lab notebook address the following using complete sentences.

1. What is photosynthesis and where does it take place?
2. Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from? What form is it in?
3. In what form does a plant store the energy it receives from the sun?
4. What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis? What are the wastes generated?
5. What is respiration and where does it take place?
6. What are the reactants and products of respiration? What are the wastes generated?
7. Where might animals fit into the Photosynthesis/Respiration cycle?
8. Describe the flow of energy through an ecosystem from the sun, to the plant, and through an animal.

Extension questions:

1. What are the component colors of white light from the sun? What is this "rainbow" of colors officially called?
2. Which wavelength has the highest amount of energy?
3. Which wavelength of light has the shortest wavelength?
4. Which wavelength has the lowest amount of energy?
5. Which wavelength of light has the longest wavelength?
6. In what cell part (organelle) does photosynthesis take place?
7. In what cell part (organelle) does respiration take place?

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