Photosynthesis Enables Plants to Capture the Energy from Sunlight

question 64

Multiple Choice

Photosynthesis enables plants to capture the energy from sunlight.In this essential process, plants incorporate the carbon from CO₂ into high-energy __________ molecules, which the plant cell mitochondria use to produce ATP.

• A)fat
• B)sugar
• C)protein
• D)fiber

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Definitions:

Efficient

Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort.

Catalyst

Substance that increases the rate at which a chemical reaction proceeds without being changed permanently.

Chemical Reaction

A process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another, characterized by the breaking and formation of bonds.

Solute

Dissolved substance in a solution.