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BASIC SCIENCE (SCERT)

KNOW THE PLANT WORLD CLOSELY

USES OF PLANT
• Spices E.g.: Cardamom, cloves
• Medicine E.g.: Basil, Brami
• Food E.g.: Fruits/Vegetables
• Perfume E.g.: Jasmine, Chemba
• Oxygen
• Clothes E.g.: Cotton
• Oil E.g.: sunflower, coconut
EDIBLE PART OF
PLANTS
FRUIT STEM LEAF ROOT FLOWER SEED
Apple Sugarca Cabbage Beetroot Cauliflower Wheat
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Tomato Ginger Amaranthus Carrot Broccoli Rice
Watermelon Potato Turnip Maize
Orange Radish
CAN WE IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT PLANT?

NO, RIGHT?
ALL ANIMALS DEPEND ON PLANTS FOR FOOD
PLANTS PROVIDE US FOOD.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Glucose Oxygen
EXPERIMENT
CHLOROPHYLL
• Green coloured pigment seen in plants
• Chlorophyll absorbs the sunlight needed for
photosynthesis
• It is present in leaves
EXPERIMENT
OBJECTIVE : To find out the presence of chlorophyll in red
amaranthus
MATERIALS REQUIRED: Leaf of red amaranthus, blotting
paper
PROCEDURE:
Rub the leaf of red amaranthus on a blotting paper. Observe
the colour change in the paper.
OBSERVATION: We can see green colour on the blotting
paper
INFERENCE: The chlorophyll is present in red amaranthus
OTHER PIGMENTS IN
PLANTS
PIGMENT COLOUR
Xanthophyll Yellow
Carotene Yellowish Orange
Anthocyanin Red

Pigments give colour to leaves, stems, flowers and fruits.

Q)Explain the reason for the red colour of hibiscus and the yellow
colour of sunflower.
The red colour of hibiscus is due to the presence of the pigment called
anthocyanin.
The yellow colour of the sunflower is due to the presence of carotene
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