Multiple choice

If photosynthesis is required for plants to live, how do they maintain/gain energy in winter?

  1. Glucose gets stored as starch

  2. Starch gets stored as glucose

  3. They don't

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Explanation

During the active growing season, plants produce excess glucose through photosynthesis and store it as starch. In the winter, when photosynthesis is limited or impossible, they break down this stored starch back into glucose to generate energy through cellular respiration.

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