how do plants use their food?
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plant use their food in the form of starch
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Most of a plant’s “food” is carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The CO2 enters the plant’s leaves (and sometimes the stems) through small openings and the process of photosynthesis uses the energy of the sun to create carbohydrates from the CO2, which are stored in the plant’s leaves, stems and roots. These carbohydrates can form the body of the plant or can be used as an energy source. They can also become nectar to attract pollinators such as bees.
However plants also need a very small amount of minerals, especially nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (abbreviated as NPK). Mostly they get this from the soil through their roots. “Feeding” a plant usually means putting these minerals in the soil via fertilizer. But soil gets naturally “fed” from rotting leaves and other discarded plant parts, and from decayed animal bodies.
Some plants that grow in very wet soil may not be able to get enough minerals from the soil. One solution is to capture insects and absorb the minerals from their corpses.
But all plants need some water, usually gotten from the soil through the roots. In plants like mosses, that have no roots, the plants get water from moisture in the air. Also the leaves at the top of some very tall trees are able to get extra water from moisture in the air.