How plants use their synthesised food?

1.	How plants use their synthesised food?
Answer» Photosynthesis is an autotrophic mode of nutrition exhibited by most of the green plants and some bacteria.Photosynthesis is the physico-chemical process by which plants can convert light energy into chemical energy, in the form of food using atmospheric carbon dioxide and water as raw materials. Photosynthesis involves a series of photochemical reactions in two phases - Light reactions and Dark reactions.Sunlight, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide and water are necessary factors for photosynthesis.Leaves are called as food factories as they contain structures like chloroplasts and stomata on them.Stomata are tiny pores on the surface of the leaves. Stomata help in exchange of gases. The opening and closing of stomata are brought about by guard cells.\xa0The chloroplasts are the structures responsible for trapping the sunlight.\xa0Plants synthesize glucose using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight.Oxygen and water are released as by-products through the stomata during daytime.*The food synthesized is transported to other parts of the plant. Glucose is a carbohydrate. Glucose synthesized by the process of photosynthesis is then converted into complex compounds like starch and cellulose. Starch is stored in different parts of the plant.\xa0

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