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(i) Which simple food is prepared first in the process of photosynthesis ?

(ii) Name the food which gets stored in plant leaves.

(i) The food prepared in the plant by the process of photosynthesis is in the form of sugar called glucose.

(ii) Extra glucose gets stored in plant leaves in the form of starch.


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(a) All green plants are...........


(b) All non-green plants and animals are ..............


(c) Heterotrophs depend on ............. and other ................... for food.


(d) Green plants use ............ and ............... to make food.


(e) Iodine turns blue-black on reacting with ........................

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