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Question
What percentage of sun's energy falling on the leaves of green plants is utilised by the plants in the process of photosynthesis and stored as chemical energy of food?
(a) 99 per cent
(b) 10 per cent
(c) 1 per cent
(d) 20 per cent
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Solution
1 per cent
Only one per cent of the sun's energy falling on the leaves of green plants is utilised by the plants in the process of photosynthesis and stored as the chemical energy of food.
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