How Do Plants Get Food and Water?
Plants Create Their Own Food Plants are unique in that they make most of their food through a process called photosynthesis. Plants make photosynthesis happen with carbon dioxide, water and sunlight. These three ingredients and a natural substance in plants called chlorophyll create a starch that gives a plant the food it needs to grow. Photosynthesis Process Plants get carbon dioxide from the air around them. This is the by-product of air that people and animals create when they exhale. Plants absorb carbon dioxide through their leaves to begin the process of creating food. Plants absorb water and the nutrients from the water via their roots systems. These nutrients and the water itself travel up the stem and throughout the plant to reach the leaves where photosynthesis will occur. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring substance found in the leaves of plants. This substance is what makes a plant green. Chlorophyll is very important in helping plants get and create food by drawing sunli
