Question

Except plants, why can’t other living organisms prepare their food using CO2, water and minerals? [HOTS]

Answer 1

Answer:

Plants are the only organisms that can prepare food for themselves by water, carbon dioxide and minerals in the presence of sunlight as plants have chlorophyll pigment. ... Plants can make their food themselves but animals including humans cannot because they do not possess chlorophyll pigment for photosynthesis.

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Answer 2

This is because of the absence of  the chlorophyll pigment which is present in plants

Explanation:

• chlorophyll was one of the pigment which is present in the plant. The main function of chlorophyll is to trap sunlight and gain the energy to convert water into oxygen. However there is no chlorophyll which is present in human beings and as a result of this human beings and all other animals are not able to capture the energy from the sunlight.
• other living organisms except certain bacteria cannot perform photosynthesis and hence cannot prepare their own food

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