This document is a worksheet about nutrition in plants. It contains questions about photosynthesis, the process by which plants produce their own food. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis. The worksheet also asks about heterotrophic nutrition, where organisms get food from other living things, and parasitic plants. Key terms defined include autotrophs, chlorophyll, and heterotrophs.
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Nutrition in Plants
This document is a worksheet about nutrition in plants. It contains questions about photosynthesis, the process by which plants produce their own food. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis. The worksheet also asks about heterotrophic nutrition, where organisms get food from other living things, and parasitic plants. Key terms defined include autotrophs, chlorophyll, and heterotrophs.
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WORKSHEET: NUTRITION IN PLANTS DATE:
A. Fill in the blanks:
1. Green plants are called …………….. since they synthesise their own food. 2. The food synthesised by the plants is stored as ………………. . 3. In photosynthesis solar energy is captured by the pigment called ……………. . 4. During photosynthesis plants take in ……………. and release ………………… . 5. ……………….. are chemical substances present in food. 6. A fungus we like to eat is ………………….. . 7. Mode of nutrition in algae is …………….. . B. Name the following: 1. A parasite plant with yellow, slender and tubular stem. ………………. ………………. 2. A plant that has both autotrophic and heterotrophic mode of nutrition. ………………. ………………. 3. The pores through which leaves exchange gases. ………………. ………………. C. Match the following: ‘A’ ‘B’ 1. Chlorophyll a. Bacteria 2. Nitrogen b. Heterotrophs 3. Amarbel c. Pitcher plant 4. Animals d. Leaf 5. Insects e. Parasite
D. Science Puzzle: Solve the following crossword puzzle:
Across Down 1. Mode of nutrition by green plants. 2. A green pigment present in leaves. 3. Small aerating pores present in the leaf. 4. An unusual plant adapted to grow in extremely hot and 5. In Cuscuta, this type of heterotrophic nutrition is found. dry environment. 6. Organisms which feed on dead and decaying organic 7. A mode of nutrition found in non-green plants. matter.