Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the topic Mode of Nutrition in Plants (from your provided PDF), along with their answers and explanations written immediately after each question, as you requested:
One-Word Answer Type Questions
Topic: Mode of Nutrition in Plants
1. Question: What is the process by which green plants make their own food?
• Answer: Photosynthesis
• Explanation: Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to prepare their food.
2. Question: What is the mode of nutrition in green plants called?
• Answer: Autotrophic
• Explanation: Green plants prepare their own food from simple substances; hence, their mode of nutrition is called autotrophic.
3. Question: Which pigment present in leaves helps in photosynthesis?
• Answer: Chlorophyll
• Explanation: Chlorophyll is the green pigment in leaves that captures solar energy and helps in the preparation of food.
4. Question: Which gas is taken in by plants during photosynthesis?
• Answer: Carbon dioxide
• Explanation: Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through stomata for photosynthesis.
5. Question: Which gas is released during photosynthesis?
• Answer: Oxygen
• Explanation: During photosynthesis, plants release oxygen as a byproduct.
6. Question: What are plants called that cannot make their own food and depend on other plants?
• Answer: Parasites
• Explanation: Parasites are plants like Cuscuta that do not have chlorophyll and derive food from a host plant.
7. Question: Name the mode of nutrition in fungi and mushrooms.
• Answer: Saprotrophic
• Explanation: Fungi and mushrooms feed on dead and decaying matter; this is called saprotrophic nutrition.
8. Question: What is the term used for plants like pitcher plant that feed on insects?
• Answer: Insectivorous
• Explanation: Insectivorous plants trap and digest insects to fulfill their nitrogen requirement.
9. Question: What is the relationship called where two organisms live together and share nutrients?
• Answer: Symbiosis
• Explanation: Symbiosis is a close association where both organisms benefit, like fungi and algae in lichens.
10. Question: What is the plant called that climbs on another plant and absorbs its nutrients?
• Answer: Cuscuta
• Explanation: Cuscuta is a parasitic plant without chlorophyll that takes nutrition from the host plant.
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