SCIENCE
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They store food for the winter in their roots
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The roots can’t grow without a lot of food
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They are greedy
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The plants need more food in the summer when it is hot
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Detailed explanation-1: -Storing food in the roots help them to use it during scarcity of food and survive. For example, there is a lesser chance of photosynthesis, due to less avalability of sunlight, during winter. In situations like this, plants like carrots and radish live on stored food to survive throught the winter.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plants Store their extra food in fruits, stems, roots, and leaves. Storing the food helps them to use it in winter and survive because there is very little sunlight available and so they photosynthesize less.
Detailed explanation-3: -Storage roots, such as carrot, beetroot, raddish and sweet potato, are examples of roots that are specially modified for storage of starch and water.
Detailed explanation-4: -The plants which store food in their stem are cactus, bamboo, pineapple, potato, ginger, onion, banana, etc. Note: The underground modification of stem is called rhizome.
Detailed explanation-5: -Plants prepare their food and store in the form of starch. They can store their food in different parts like roots, stems and leaves.