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Nutrition: The process by which living beings obtain or synthesize food for growth, repair, and reproduction.Autotrophic nutrition: A process of nutrition in which food is taken in the form of inorganic substances and organic compounds are synthesised.Heterotrophic nutrition: A process of obtaining readymade food from plants, animals, or both.Chlorophyll: A green-coloured photosynthetic pigment that traps light or solar energy.Chloroplast: A cell organelle for photosynthesis present in the cells of green parts of plants.Stomata: Minute pores in the epidermis of leaves that act as a passage for the exchange of gases.Photolysis of water: The splitting of water into H⁺ and OH⁻ ions due to light energy in the form of photons.Photosynthesis: The process of synthesising glucose from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.Translocation: The transport of water-soluble glucose to different parts of the plant through the phloem.Autotrophs: Living organisms, such as green plants, that can make their own food by the process of photosynthesis.
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Chapter: 04. Photosynthesis
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