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Life processes | Key Terms and its Meaning | Class-10 Biology

Nutrition :- Process of taking in and utilizing various types of foods by organisms, for obtaining energy necessary for growth and development.

Autotrophs :- Organisms who can synthesize their own organic food from simple inorganic sources.

Heterotrophs :- Organisms that cannot prepare its own food and depends upon other for its nutritional requirements.

Enzymes :- These are the biological catalyst that speed up various biochemical reactions.CarbohydratesBiological molecule made up of sugar or glucose, required for the production of energy.

Chlorophyll :- Pigments found in green plants essential for the process of photosynthesis. They are located inside the thylakoid of the chloroplast.

Starch :- These are storage form of glucose in plants.GlycogenThese are storage form of glucose in animals.

Photosynthesis :- It refers to the process of synthesis of food by autotrophic organisms by utilizing carbon dioxide and water in the presence of chlorophyll that absorbs the sunlight.