Nutrition in Plants

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)