76. Long answer questions VII

a. Plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the tiny pores known as _________ present on the leaves' surface and surrounded by 'guard cells'.

 

b. Plants absorb the water and minerals from the soil with deep penetrated roots inside the ground and transport them through vessels to the other parts of the plants, including the leaves, where the synthesis of food takes place.

 

c. The green pigment present in the leaves known as _________ helps the plant's leaves capture the sunlight that acts as the source of energy to carry out the process.

 

d. Through the process of _________, oxygen is released into the atmosphere during the synthesis of food.

 

e. When carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight combine with the aid of chlorophyll, __________.