The maintenance functions of all living organisms must go on even when they are not doing anything particular. Even when we are just sitting in a…

The maintenance functions of all living organisms must go on even when they are not doing anything particular. Even when we are just sitting in a class or even asleep, this maintenance job has to go on. These maintenance processes require energy to prevent damage and break-down of cells and tissues, which is obtained by the individual organism from the food prepared by the autotrophs, called producers.

Name and define the process by which green plants prepare food.

Write chemical equation involved in the above process.

State in proper sequence the events that occur in synthesis of food by desert plants.

Explain giving reasons what happens to the rate at which the green plants will prepare food

during cloudy weather, and

when stomata get blocked due to dust.