Photosynthesis

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Question 1
  • The process by which plants make their own food in the presence of sunlight, carbon-dioxide present in air, water, minerals and chlorophyll present in leaves is termed as photosynthesis.
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Question 4
  • After this the chlorophyll holding the cells of leaves in the presence of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates in the leaves and is stored in the plants in the form of energy.
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  • There are certain plants in nature which do not have chlorophyll and hence cannot produce their own food.
Question 5
  • Some other species of plants known as insectivorous plants that are capable of trapping insects and digesting them. These plants are known as pitcher plants with its leaf modified as pitcher.
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  • Some microorganisms like fungi use another mode of nutrition known as saprotrophic mode of nutrition.