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(a) Name the process and explain the type of nutrition found in green plants. List the raw materials required for this process. Give the chemical equation for the mentioned process.

(b) Write three events that occur during this process.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(a)    Type of Nutrition: Autotrophic Nutrition

Explanation:-    In autotrophic nutrition, organisms (plants) prepare their own food by utilizing inorganic material such as H2O, CO2, and solar energy.

                \mathrm{6CO_2 + 12H_2O\xrightarrow[Sunlight] {Chlorophyll} \underset{(Glucose)}{C_6H_{12}O_6} + 6O_2 +6H_2O}

Raw materials:-    H2O, CO2, Sunlight

(b)    Three events:-

  1. Sunlight activates chlorophyll (Absorption of light energy by Chlorophyll).
  2. Splitting of water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen.
  3. Production of CO2 to carbohydrate.
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