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प्रश्न
Photosynthesis converts energy X into energy Y.
- What are X and Y?
- Green plants are autotrophic in their mode of nutrition. Why?
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उत्तर
- X is light energy. Y is chemical energy. During photosynthesis, the light energy is converted into chemical energy.
- Green plants are autotrophic in their mode of nutrition because they prepare their food, through a process called photosynthesis by using water, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll and sunlight.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give biological reasons for the following statements : In some xerophytes leaves are modified into spines
Mention the exact location of the following :
Thylakoids
The diagram alongside represents an experiment conducted to prove the importance of a factor in photosynthesis.

Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the factor being studied in his experiment.
(ii) Why was the plant kept in a dark room before conducting the experiment?
(iii}Why was the experimental leaf then kept in
1. boiling water 2. methylated spirit?
(iv) Name the solution used to test for the presence of starch in the leaf.
(v) What will we observe in the experimental leaf at the end of the starch test?
(vi) Give a balanced chemical equation to represent the process of photosynthesis.
Give technical term:
The form of energy is converted into chemical energy during photosynthesis.
Write the functional activity of the following structure:
Thylakoids
During photosynthesis, plants exhale ______.
The minerals like nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, which are required in substantial quantity by the plants are called ______.
Draw the structure of the stomata and label the parts.
An organism A which cannot move from one place to another makes a simple food B from the substances C and D available in the environment. This food is made in the presence of green-colored substance E present in organs F in the presence of light energy in a process called G. Some of the simple food B also gets converted into a complex food H for storage purposes. Does this food give a blue-black color with iodine solution?
a. What is
- organism A
- food B?
- food H?
b. What are C and D?
c. Name green-colored substance E and organ F.
d. What is the process G?
Distinguish between the following pairs on the basis of the word indicated in the bracket ( ).
Producers and Consumers (organisms)
