NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants can synthesise food for themselves but animals including humans cannot. They get it from plants or animals that eat plants. Thus, humans and animals are directly or indirectly dependent on plants. Plants are the only organisms that can prepare food for themselves by using water, carbon dioxide and minerals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Only plants can produce their own food. That’s why they are called producers. Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores. Herbivores are consumers because they eat plants to survive.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants make their own food through photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants are green. They live using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and nutrients, making their own food through the process of photosynthesis. In contrast, animals live by eating other organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, or even bits and pieces of dead organisms).

Detailed explanation-5: -Plants and animals are the main source of food for all the organisms on earth. Food obtained from animals is the main source of protein and include fish, milk, meat, poultry, and cheese. Whereas plants provide us with fruits and vegetables, which are an important source of fibres, proteins and carbohydrates.