How Plants Make Food

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HOW PLANTS MAKE FOOD

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS

IS HOW GREEN PLANTS MAKE FOOD.
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PLANTS ARE CALLED AUTOTROPHS,

IF THEY MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.
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HETEROTROPHS.

IF NOT , THEY ARE CALLED
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TO MAKE FOOD

FOR THEMSELVES THEY
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ABSORB WATER,

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TAKE IN CARBON,

AND USE SUNLIGHT…

AND TO THEM

THAT IS FOOD.

THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

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ANIMALS EAT THEM…

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OXYGEN

AND THEY MAKE
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WITH THEIR LEAVES,

USING PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
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PLANTS OFTEN GREEN BECAUSE OF

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A SUBSTANCE CALLED CHLOROPHYLL.

THEY AREN’T ALWAYS GREEN.

THIS PLANT IS PURPLE BECAUSE OF
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a pigment called Anthocyanin.

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BECAUSE

HIGH AMOUNTS OF ANTHOCYANIN

POISONOUS PHENOLS.

USUALLY GO WITH

CHEMICAL.

PHENOL ISA
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If consumed on It’s own,it is very dangerous.

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IT MAY HELP

TO WARD OFF BUGS,
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AND EVEN HERBIVORES.

It can also make red and purple fruits and flowers their colour.

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MULTIPLE COLOURED LEAVES

SOME PLANTS HAVE
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IN LEAF CELLS

THAT’S BECAUSE OF MUTATIONS

CHLOROPHYLL AND XANTHOPHYLLS

THAT BLOCK THE PRODUCTION OF

Deep red, violet or brown in colour is caused by

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Carotenoid and xanthophyll pigments.

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CHLOROPHYLL,

BUT THEY STILL POSSESS

Which is why they can still use photosynthesis.

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