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  C.9.1. Common misconceptions about plants.
 

 

 

 

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Chlorophyll makes food for the plants.

Chlorophyll does not directly help the plant to make food but it enables plant to capture light energy which is essential for plants to make food.

Ferns are fungi and cannot make their own food.

Ferns like the ladder ferns are green plants and they can make their own food.

Plants only need carbon dioxide to survive.

Plants also need oxygen when they are not making food.

The leaves of green plants help to take in and give out water.

 

The plant loses water through stomata on the leaves. However water enters the plant primarily through its roots.

Mushrooms are non-flowering green plants.

Mushrooms are fungi which cannot make their own food. They feed on dead organism.

 

 

 

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