nutrition in plants science

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what is nutrition

it is a mode of taking food by an organism and utilising the food for its growth and development

what is autotrophic

Nutrition process where organisms produce their own food. auto means ‘self’ and trophic means 'to eat’

what is the meaning of heterotrophic

A nutrition process where organisms cannot produce their own food. hetero means ‘another’ and trophic means 'to eat'.

what are in heterotrophic

parasitic insectivorous saprophytic symbiotic

what is autotrophic nutrition

The process by which organisms, such as plants, produce their own food through photosynthesis

what is photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose and oxygen

what is 6CO2 +6H2O —————- C6H2O6 + 6O2

carbon dioxide + water in presence of light, chlorophyll glucose + oxygen

what is chlorophyll

the pigment that the green plants contain

what does chlorophyll do

chlorophyll traps sunlight and stomata take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere