
The sun provides energy for all living things. Rita wrote two statements to explain the above fact.
Statement1: All autotrophs prepare their own food in the presence of sunlight.
Statement 2: _____
What of the following should be Statement 2?
Statement1: All autotrophs prepare their own food in the presence of sunlight.


Important Questions on Nutrition in Plants
The mechanism by which green plants produce their food is seen in the image below. There are three components of the process: A, B, and C.
What the plant absorbs and releases is shown by the direction of the arrows.
What do A, B and C stand for in the picture above?

Sunita wants to know if a red colour plant can produce its own food o not. For four days, she keeps a red plant in the sun. Which other colour of plant should Sunita use for her research in order to contrast with the red plant? Explain your response.

The banyan tree is a large, long-lived, fast-growing evergreen tree up to 20-25m tall. From the above image, we can see some banyan seedlings growing near the large banyan tree. Seedling A is a little far from seedling B. Give reasons why seedling B may not grow as well as seedling A.

Identify the "X" from the given image and write the consequences if it is absent in a plant cell.

The image below displays fungi that resemble threads and are found close to some plants. The roots of the plant are encircled and pierced by the fungi. It aids the plant's ability to absorb water and minerals from the soil. The fungi receive carbohydrates from the plant. An organism known as a parasite inhabits or grows on the body of another organism. It takes nutrients and energy from the host organism. The parasite does not provide its host with anything in return. Is the group of fungi in the image a kind of parasite? Explain your answer.


Nilam took a destarched potted plant and set up an experiment as shown in the figure. She left the plant in sunlight for a few hours and then tested leaves A and B for starch. Leaf A did not give a starch test, while leaf B showed the presence of starch. What is proved by this experiment?

Refer to the given figure. It illustrates
