What Do Plants Use Glucose For

What Do Plants Use Glucose For?

A primary role for the glucose molecule is to act as a source of energy; a fuel. Plants and animals use glucose as a soluble, easily distributed form of chemical energy which can be ‘burnt’ in the cytoplasm and mitochondria to release carbon dioxide, water and energy.

What are the 5 uses of glucose in plants?

WHAT DO PLANTS USE GLUCOSE FOR? RESPIRATION, MAKING FRUITS, MAKING CELL WALLS, MAKING PROTEINS, STORED IN SEEDS AND STORED AS STARCH.

Marcus Vance

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