NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Plants are the most familiar type of autotroph, but there are many different kinds of autotrophic organisms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Photosynthesis is a biological process used by plants to prepare their food with the help of sunlight and energy. This process occurs usually when plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen gas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Producer: any organism that uses the Sun’s energy to produce its own food. Examples include trees, bushes, cacti, grasses, vines, algae, and phytoplankton (plantlike organisms that live in fresh and salt water).

Detailed explanation-4: -Photosynthetic autotrophs capture light energy from the sun and absorb carbon dioxide and water from their environment. Using the light energy, they combine the reactants to produce glucose and oxygen, which is a waste product.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plants are called autotrophs because they can use energy from light to synthesize, or make, their own food source.