What happens to the glucose that the plants produce during photosynthesis?

Answer 1

The produced glucose will become food for the plant.

Answer 2

In vascular plants, much of the glucose made during photosynthesis is converted it into cellulose in order to build and repair cell walls.

After this, some of the glucose is converted to starch and stored. By storing glucose as starch the plant does not upset the osmotic ballance of its cells. Starch stored in great quantities especially in tubers such as potatoes and seeds such as wheat. Starch is broken down into glucose when needed by the organism or its embryo.

The glucose is used directly in cellular respiration, which results in the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is used as an energy source for most energetically unfavourable biological reactions. The energy stored in ATP goes to build molecules such as cellulose, starch and proteins. ATP also fuels active transport, or transport of materials against concentration gradients. Active transport is especially important when transporting minerals into the plant from the soil against their concentration gradient.

Answer 3

It can do a few things:

1) be broken down by the mitochondria to supply energy to the cell.

2) be linked together in long chains to form cellulose and build the plant cell wall.

3) be moved to another part of the plant for energy, or moved to the root system for storage (in the form of starch).

Answer 4

Most of the glucose is converted to sucrose (table sugar) and starch

Answer 5

Sufficient amount of sugar will be transported around the whole plant. Excess amount of sugar will be stored in the plant as starch

Answer 6

Photosynthesis is used to produce glucose. Then cellular respiration is used to turn the glucose into ATP.

Answer 7

They are converted to starch. Then it is used in various productions.

Answer 8

The plant uses it as food.