Date: 01/09/2023 Shift: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Q. No: 89

Photosynthesis is the _______(1) used by plants, algae and some bacteria to turn sunlight into energy. The process chemically _______(2) carbon dioxide and water into food and oxygen. The chemical reaction often ______(3) on a pigment called chlorophyll, which gives plants their green colour. Photosynthesis is also the __________(4) our planet is blanketed in an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the __________(5) air and release water and oxygen via microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata.