| A | B |
|---|
| -phyll | leaf |
| -synthesis | the combining of multiple elements, or materials into a single compound |
| -troph | "nutrient matter" |
| auto- | for, or by oneself or itself |
| autotroph | able to make their own food; ex. plants |
| chloro- | green |
| chlorophyll | the green coloring of leaves and plants that is necessary for them to carry out photosynthesis |
| hetero- | unalike, different |
| heterotroph | can not make their own food; must get it from another source |
| photo- | light |
| photosynthesis | process that plants use to make their own food; uses sunlight, chlorophyll and carbon dioxide and produces oxygen, glucose and water |
| pigment | a substance that exists within the cells of organisms, which gives them a color |
| stoma | tiny openings on a plant that allow the carbon dioxide to be absorbed for photosynthesis |
| stomata | plural form of stoma |
| sunlight | the form of energy plants use to do photosynthesis |
| glucose | what is produced from photosynthesis that plants use to grow and function |
| xylem | the wood channels in the trunk and branches of trees that carries water and nutrients from roots to leaves |
