Fill in the blanks:
a. Green plants are called _______ since they synthesize their own food.
b. The food synthesized by the plants is stored as _______.
c. In photosynthesis solar energy is captured by the pigment called________.
d. During photosynthesis plants take in _______ and release __________.
a. autotrophs.
Green plants can synthesize their own food by the process of photosynthesis.
b. starch.
The food prepared in the plant by the process of photosynthesis is glucose (a carbohydrate) then it gets stored in plant leaves in the form of starch.
c. chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll absorbs the light energy from the sun that is required to derive photosynthesis.
d. Carbon dioxide (CO2), Oxygen (O2).
In the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide gas is used and oxygen gas is produced.