NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food. During photosynthesis, plants trap light energy with their leaves. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sugar comes from two sources: sugar cane and sugar beets. Sugar cane is a true grass that grows in temperate to tropical climates. It belongs to the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae. Sugar beets are the root of the plant Beta vulgaris.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fruit-bearing plants convert glucose into fructose, which is the natural sugar that gives most fruits their sweetness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sugar is made in the leaves of the sugarcane plant through photosynthesis and stored as a sweet juice in sugarcane stalks. Sugarcane is cut down and harvested then sent to a factory.

Detailed explanation-5: -All green plants make sugar through photosynthesis, the process plants use to transform the sun’s energy into food. Of all plant types, sugar beets and sugar cane have the greatest quantities of sugar, which is why they make the most efficient choices from which to extract sugar.