If Plants Are Able to Capture Energy from the Sun,why

question 43

Multiple Choice

If plants are able to capture energy from the sun,why do they need to pass that energy through the chemical reactions that are necessary to produce ATP?

• A) ATP enables the energy to be stored for later use or transferred to other chemical reactions.
• B) Chloroplasts are unable to use the energy they capture from the sun.
• C) Producing ATP enables the plant to destroy excess energy that was captured from the sun.
• D) The mitochondria that capture the sun's energy are unable to use it for respiration.

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