Class 6 taught us that food is essential for all living organisms. We have also learned that carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals are components of food. These components of food are called nutrients and are necessary for our body. All living organisms require food. Plants can synthesize food for themselves but animals including human beings cannot synthesize their food for themselves. They have to get it from plants or from other animals that eat plants. Thus, humans and animals are directly or indirectly dependent on plants.

Boojho wants to know how plants prepare their own food.

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