D. Answer in brief.
1. What is photosynthesis?
2. Complete this equation: carbon dioxide + water chlorophyll sunlight
3. What will happen when you add a drop of iodine to starch?
4. How will you remove chlorophyll from a leaf?
5. Name any two parasitic plants.
6. Why do some plants trap small animals and insects?
7. Define symbiosis.
8. From where do saprophytes get their nutrients?
Answers
Answer:
1) the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
2) its called photosynthesis
Explanation:
ans1. photosynthesis is a process by which green plant convert carbon dioxide from the air and soil
ans2. carbon dioxide + water chlorophyll + sunlight + PHOTOSYNTHESIS
ans3. amylose in starch is responsible for the formation of a deep blue colour in the process of Iodine
ans4. add the leaf to boiling ethonil in a water bath for a few minutes ( the boiling ethonil dissolves the chlorophyll and removes the green colour from the leaf it turns white so it is easy to see the change in colour )
ans5. cropse flower and monster flower
ans6. insectivorous plants trap animals and insects because they grow in soil which is usually thin and is also poor in nutrients so they eat animals and insects to fulfill the nutrient requirement