Question

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE-2
Match the following:
Column A
Column B
(a) Green plant
(b) Fungi
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Cuscuta
(e) Lichen
(i) Symbiosis
(ii) Parasite
(ii) Autotroph
(iv) Saprophyte
(v) Sunlight​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Green Plant - (iii) Autotroph

(Reason :- I green plants chlorophyll pigment is present which helps them to make their own food. Since ,they are able to prepare their own food. Therefore they are Autotroph)

(b) Fungi - (ii) Saprophyte

( Reason:- Fungi are known as saprophytes because they cannot prepare their own food they feed on dead and decaying matter)

(c) Photosynthesis - (iv) Sunlight

( Reason:- Sunlight provides the energy needed for photosynthesis to take place.)

(d) Cuscuta - (ii) Parasite

(Reason :- Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant.)

(e) Lichen - (iii) Symbiosis

(Reason:- A lichen is an organism that results from a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism.)