13 Questions
Why are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals essential for the body?
To provide energy
How do plants differ from animals in terms of obtaining food?
Plants can synthesize their own food, animals cannot.
What is the role of vitamins and minerals in the diet?
To regulate bodily functions
Why do humans depend on plants for food?
Because humans cannot synthesize their own food like plants
What is the primary source of food for animals including humans?
Plants
What type of organisms are dependent on others for their nutrition?
Animals
Which term is used to describe fungi that derive nutrition from dead and decaying matter?
Saprotrophs
What gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
Which pigment in plants absorbs solar energy during photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
Which plant traps and feeds on insects?
Pitcher Plant
What is the term used for green plants that synthesise their own food?
Autotrophs
Which of the following is a parasitic plant with yellow, slender, branched stem?
Cuscuta
What is the correct term for the pores through which leaves exchange gases?
Stomata
Explore the components of food and nutrients essential for all living organisms. Learn about carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals required by the human body. Understand the importance of plants in providing food to animals and humans.
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