Nutrition in Plants in Science

Nutrition means getting food and using it to grow, stay healthy, and get energy.

Types of Nutrition in Plants. There are two main types of nutrition:

1. Autotrophic Nutrition

• Plants make their own food.
• They use sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and a green color called chlorophyll.
• This process is called photosynthesis.

2. Heterotrophic Nutrition

• Some plants cannot make their own food.
• They take food from other plants, animals, or dead things.

What is Photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is the way green plants make food.

Plants need:

• Sunlight
• Water (from soil)
• Carbon dioxide (from air)
• Chlorophyll (green color in leaves)