Biology
Grade-7
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Question

_____________ are responsible for the orange color of carrots and the red hue of ripe tomatoes.

  1. Carotenoids
  2. Male              
  3. Molting
  4. Juvenile
  5. Subadult 

hintHint:

The pigment that is named after the vegetable carrot.

The correct answer is: Carotenoids


    • Carotenoids are pigments that are produced by certain plants, algae and bacteria
    • The pigment produces color shade ranging from yellow, red to orange 
    • Carotenoids act as antioxidants
    • Carotene is important for the production of vitamin A
    • There are around 600 types of carotene like alpha carotene, beta carotene, etc
    • Plants like carrots, mangoes, tomato, capsicum, etc are rich in carotenoids

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