Plants need what to produce their food

Level
Highschool
Grade
12

Answer

Plants make food in their leaves. The leaves contain a pigment called chlorophyll, which colors the leaves green. Chlorophyll canmake food the plant can use from carbon dioxide, water, nutrients, and energy from sunlight. This process is called photosynthesis.

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