Plant Life

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Worksheet 1
A. Fill in the blanks.
1) autotrophs
2) leaves
3) starch
4) chloroplasts
5) reduces
B. State whether the following are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1) false. Oxygen is released in the process of photosynthesis.
2) false. Autotrophs synthesise their own food using carbon dioxide and
water.
3) true
4) true
5) false. Chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.
C. Give one word for the following:
1) nutrition
2) chlorophyll
3) iodine solution
4) roots
D. Answer the following questions.
1) The mode of nutrition in which organisms synthesise their own food using
carbon dioxide and water is called autotrophic nutrition. Green plants are
also called producers as they produce food for all living organisms.

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2) Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants prepare their food.

They take in carbon dioxide from the air. Roots absorb water from the soil
and transport it to the site of photosynthesis. The process of photosynthesis
can be represented as:

Sunlight
Carbon dioxide + Water Glucose + Oxygen
Chlorophyll
3) To test the presence of starch in a leaf:
Procedure: Take a de-starched plant. Keep it in sunlight for 2 to 3 days. Pluck
a leaf. Place a leaf in a test tube and pour some alcohol in it. Heat some
water in a beaker and put the test tube containing the leaf into the beaker.
Chlorophyll dissolves in warm alcohol. The leaf, thus, loses its green colour
and becomes pale. This is required to clearly see any colour change on the
addition of iodine solution. Remove the leaf and pour some iodine solution
on it.
Observation: The colour of the leaf turns blue-black.
Conclusion: The leaf contains starch.
4) Chlorophyll is present in special structures called chloroplasts present in
the cells of the plant. Chlorophyll traps solar energy for the process of
photosynthesis.

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Worksheet 2
A. Fill in the blanks.
1) Stomata
2) milky
3) anaerobically
4) carbon dioxide
B. State whether the following are true or false.
1) true
2) false
3) false
4) false
5) true
C. Unscramble the following words.
1) aerobic
2) sunlight
3) chlorophyll
4) stomata
5) Anaerobic
D. Give reasons for the following:
1) This is because in anaerobic respiration, glucose is partially broken down.
2) Plants and trees absorb the carbon dioxide produced by animals and thus,
help in purifying the air. They are, therefore, known as the lungs of the
earth.

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E. Answer the following questions.

1) Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen through stomata.
Stomata are minute pores present on the epidermis of leaves and young
green stems. Gases diffuse across the stomata, which remain open during
the day and close at night.
2) During the process of breathing, animals give out carbon dioxide as a by-
product of the process of respiration. Plants utilise carbon dioxide during the
process of photosynthesis. Oxygen is released as a by-product of
photosynthesis. Animals breathe in this oxygen to carry out the process of
respiration. In this way, the processes of photosynthesis and respiration are
vital for maintaining a balance between these gases in nature.

3) Plants respire aerobically to produce energy from the food they prepare.
For this, they use oxygen gas. However, sometimes plants do not get a
sufficient amount of oxygen to carry out respiration. This happens if the soil
becomes waterlogged. In this case, plants respire anaerobically; however,
the amount of energy produced during anaerobic respiration is far less
compared to the amount produced due to aerobic respiration. This is
because glucose is partially broken down.

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