Question

Answer all the questions -
A.Nutrition in Plants-
1. Potato and ginger are both underground parts that store food. Where is the food
prepared in these plants?
2. Photosynthesis requires chlorophyll, and a few other raw materials. Add the missing raw
materials to the list given below : Water, minerals,
3. A goat eats away all the leaves of a small plant (balsam). However, in a few days, new
leaves could be seen sprouting in the plant again. How did the plant survive without
leaves ?
4. Wild animals like tiger, wolf, lion and leopard do not eat plants. Does this mean that
they can survive without plants ? Can you provide a suitable explanation ?
5. Fill in the blanks of the paragraph given below with the words provided in the box.
Chlorophyll, energy, food, carbon dioxide , water, photosynthesis
Note: A word can be used more than once.
Leaves have a green pigment called_ _which captures
from
Raw materials like _
_and
_synthesize
6. Organisms which prepare food for themselves using simple naturally available raw
materials are referred to as (a) heterotrophs (b) autotrophs (c) parasites (d)
saprophytes​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Roots

2. Sunlight

3. Plant takes nutrition from roots

Answer 2

1.root

2. sunlight

3. stores nutrients in its roots