For the first half of your question, plants do need to eat. In fact, they are autotrophs, which means they are self feeders.
The answer is :they passed on their genetic material to new cells when they reproduced.
Explanation : Well when cells undergo division , they pass on their genetic material , so that's the same way that bacteria passed and still passes it's genetic material by the process of rep
roduction.
Hope this helps :)
The wildebeests will overpopulate the area and the ecosystem will be thrown off
Global winds rising near equator and cold air sinking near the poles
There was no sunlight, in one way or another sunlight is the source of almost all life on the surface of the earth
