Show with the help of a sketch that the plants are the ultimate source of food.

How would you test the presence of starch in leaves?

Give a brief description of the process of synthesis of food in green plants.

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 __________.

Name the following:

i. A parasitic plant with yellow, slender and tabular stem.

ii. A plant that has both autotrophic and heterotrophic mode of nutrition.

iii. The pores through which leaves exchange gases.