How plants use glucose

Question 1

Name 5 things plants use glucose for

Answer 1

Respiration
Making Cell Walls
Making proteins
Stored in seed (once turned into lipids)
Stored as starch

Question 2

Where do plants manufacture glucose?

Answer 2

In their leaves

Question 3

Respiration releases [ ] which enables plants to convert the rest of the glucose into various other useful [ ], which they can use to build new [ ] and [ ]

Answer 3

energy
substances
cells
grow

Question 4

What else do plants need (except for energy produced by glucose) in order to produce new cells and to grow?

Answer 4

Plants need to gather Minerals from the soil

Question 5

How is glucose used to make cell walls?

Answer 5

Glucose in converted into Cellulose for making strong cell walls, especially in rapidly growing plants

Question 6

How is glucose used to make proteins?

Answer 6

Glucose is combined with nitrate ions (absorbed from the soil) to make amino acids, which are then made into proteins

Question 7

Glucose is turned into [ ] (fats and [ ]) for storing in [ ].

Answer 7

lipids
oils
seeds

Question 8

Sunflower seeds contain a lot of [ ] - we get cooking oil and [ ] from them.

Answer 8

oil

margarine

Question 9

What else do seeds store (except for lipids)?

Answer 9

Starch

Question 10

Glucose is turned into starch, where is it stored?

Answer 10

Roots, stems and leaves

Question 11

Why is starch stored in a plant?

Answer 11

To use (as energy) for when photosynthesis isn’t happening, like in winter

Question 12

Is starch soluble or insoluble?

Does this make it better for storing then glucose? Why?

Answer 12

Insoluble

Better at storing energy than glucose because a cell with lots of glucose would draw in loads of water and swell up.