Using Glucose

Question 1

What is the six things glucose is used for?

Answer 1

Fruit, Seeds, Protein Synthesis, Respiration, Storage, Cellulose

Question 2

Why does fruit taste nice?

Answer 2

Animals eat them and spread seeds out through their faeces

Question 3

What is glucose and fructose turned into to make fruit?

Answer 3

Sucrose

Question 4

What is the respiration equation?

Answer 4

Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water (+ Energy)

Question 5

What is glucose combined with to make amino acids?

Answer 5

Nitrates

Question 6

Why do nuts and seeds contain protein?

Answer 6

Sustain plant in first few days of life

Question 7

What is soluble glucose converted into?

Answer 7

Insoluble starch

Question 8

Why is glucose converted into cellulose?

Answer 8

Make cell walls for plant

Question 9

What is a seed?

Answer 9

Small, embryonic plant

Question 10

What is the job of the cell wall?

Answer 10

Provides structural support

Allows plant to grow tall

Question 11

Where is starch in a plant stored?

Answer 11

Roots, stem and cell wall

Question 12

Where does respiration happen?

Answer 12

Mitochondria

Question 13

What is the name for fats and oils?

Answer 13

Lipids

Question 14

Why is starch stored?

Answer 14

For when photosynthesis isn’t happening

Question 15

What two things are composed of protein?

Answer 15

Enzymes and organelles

Question 16

Suggest how new plants obtain the energy needed for growth?

Answer 16

Change starch to glucose and use it to release energy in respiration

Question 17

Where do plants make glucose?

Answer 17

Leaves

Question 18

Explain why plants no longer need energy once they have grown above the soil?

Answer 18

Use their leaves to make glucose by photosynthesis