Explain the life-sustaining processes by which all plants grow and develop.

Explanation should include

• photosynthesis reactants and products
• cellular respiration reactants and products
• transpiration
• carbon fixation metabolism (e.g., C3, C4, Crassulacean acid metabolism [CAM]). 

Process/Skill Questions:

• What organisms within plant structures are involved in photosynthesis? In respiration? In transpiration?
• How do plants store energy?
• What role does the vascular system play in food transport within a plant?
• How does climate change put additional stress on crops?
• How are shifting growing patterns influencing new insect and weed threats that damage harvests?
• Why is it important to protect innovation in plant breeding?
• Which of the three metabolisms would work best in specific growing conditions?