How Plants Use Glucose Flashcards
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How is glucose used in respiration
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Made in plants leaves
Use it respiration
1
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What are the 5 ways plants use glucose
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Respiration Cell walls Making proteins Stored in seeds Stored as starch
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How is glucose used to make cell walls
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It is made into cellulose and then cellulose is used to make a strong cell wall
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What is glucose used to make proteins
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Plants absorb nitrates from the soil
Glucose is joined with nitrate to form amino acids
Amino acids are then built up into protein
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How is glucose stored in seeds
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Turned into fats and oils for storing in seeds
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How is glucose used to be stored as starch
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Glucose turned into starch and stored in roots stem and leaves
Starch is insoluble meaning it is better to store than glucose
