HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The food that a plant makes is ____
A
glucose
B
water
C
oxygen
D
carbon dioxide
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called glucose. Glucose is used by plants for energy and to make other substances like cellulose and starch. Cellulose is used in building cell walls. Starch is stored in seeds and other plant parts as a food source.

Detailed explanation-2: -Green plants manufacture glucose through a process that requires light, known as photosynthesis. This process takes place in the leaf chloroplasts. Carbon dioxide and water molecules enter a sequence of chemical reactions within the chloroplasts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Photosynthesis, which literally means “making light, ‘’ is the name given to this method. Glucose and starch are the foods plants produce.

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