What is the name of the process plants use to make food?
germination photosynthesis pollination
Like all living things, plants need food to survive. Plants can make their own food.
How do plants make food? Plants use a process called photosynthesis to make sugar. They use this sugar as food.
For photosynthesis, a plant needs water, carbon dioxide, and energy from light. Most plants use energy from sunlight. The plant uses its roots to take in water. It uses its leaves to take in carbon dioxide from the air.
During photosynthesis, chlorophyll in the plant's leaves traps energy from sunlight. The plant uses this energy to turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar. It then releases oxygen into the air as a waste product. The plant gets the energy it needs to live from the sugar.