Uses of Glucose
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- Created on: 26-11-20 23:17
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- The five ways in which plants use Glucose
- For respiration
- this transfers energy from glucose
- this allows plants to change the rest of glucose into other useful substances
- For making cell walls
- glucose is changed into cellulose for making strong plant cell walls
- For making amino acids
- glucose is combined with nitrate ions to make amino acids
- nitrate ions are absorbed from the soil
- amino acids are used to make protein
- Stored as oils or fats
- glucose is turned into lipids ( fats and oils)
- Stored as starch
- glucose is turned into starch and stored in roots, stems and leaves
- plants can use this starch when photosynthesis inst happening
- starch is insoluable
- being insoluble makes starch much better for storing than glucose
- this is because a cell with lots of glucose in would draw in loads of water and swell up
- For respiration
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