Question

Name the following :
(a) The process in plants which converts light energy into chemical energy.
(b) Organisms that cannot prepare their own food.
(c) Organisms that can prepare their own food.
(d) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
(e) The cells which surround a stomatal pore.
(f) An enzyme secreted by gastric glands in stomach which acts on proteins.

Answer 1

(a) Photosynthesis is the process in plants that converts light energy into chemical energy.
(b) Heterotrophs cannot prepare their own food.
(c) Autotrophs can prepare their own food.
(d) Chloroplast is the cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
(e) Guard cells surround a stomatal pore.
(f) Pepsin is an enzyme secreted by the gastric glands in the stomach. It acts on proteins.