Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Nutrition
Identify how green plants make food and how some plants depend on other sources for nutrition.
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Identify how green plants make food and how some plants depend on other sources for nutrition.
Use the photosynthesis idea to explain why leaves, light, air and water are important for plant food making.
Connect carbon dioxide, water, sunlight and chlorophyll with glucose and oxygen in the photosynthesis process.
Explain how stomata, chlorophyll and leaf surfaces help plants prepare food.
Identify the role of minerals, manure, fertilizers and natural nutrient recycling in plant growth.
Explain how two organisms can benefit each other in obtaining nutrition.
Differentiate Cuscuta and pitcher plant type nutrition using evidence from examples.
Solve questions about yellow leaves, low light, poor soil and plant growth using nutrition concepts.
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