Green plants are called ______ since they synthesize their own food.

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Green plants use solar energy to convert absorbed $C O_{2}$ , water, and minerals like Manganese and Magnesium to prepare food or Carbohydrate units as Glucose $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ which is stored as starch.
Thus, green plants are called autotrophs since they synthesize their own food.

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a) Green plants are called __ since they synthesise their own food.

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(a) Green plants are called __________ since they synthesise their own food.

(b) The food synthesised by the plants is stored as __________.

(d) During photosynthesis plants take in ___________and release ___________.

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