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Plants don't really "eat", but they do use some of the "food" they make. The main product of photosynthesis is carbohydrates, which are sugars that are used by the plant for two main purposes:
1. Breaking them back down into carbon dioxide and water for energy (cellular respiration)
2. One particular sugar, glucose, is used to make starch (for storage) and cellulose (which forms the cell walls of the plant, giving it strength).
However, not all of the carbohydrates are used by the plant or even intended for direct use by the plant. Some of them are used to make plant features that attract animals, such as nectar (to attract insects to pollinate the plant) or fruits (which attract animals that eat the fruit, and therefore help to spread the seeds in their droppings).
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A fungus differs from green plants in that it does not make?
Its own food as plants do or eat food as animals do.
Do herbivores have photosynthesis?
No, herbivores EAT plants it is plants that photosynthesise to make their food and herbivores that eat plants to steal the food the plants have made. ONLY plants can make their own food from scratch (using sunlight), all other living creatures (except some that live on chemicals heated in the earth) depend on plants for their food.
How does a plant make its own food?
The way a plant makes it's food is a process called photosynthesisPhotosynthesis
What process that plants and animals use sunlight to make food?
Green plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food from sunlight. Only green plants can make their own food. Other plants (like mushrooms) and animals do not make their own food, but get nutrition from green plants (or dead green plants). Animals do not make food from sunlight. If they could, they would not need to eat.
Why are sunlight and temperature important?
it is important toPLANTS to make there food and for ANIMALS to eat the plants and without the temp. and sunlight the animals cant eat the plants because the plants will be dead without sunlight and the right temp.
What do plants do with their food?
after they eat their food they make something
What does plants breath to make food?
plants need water sun and air to make food for us to eat .
A fungus differs from green plants in that it does not make?
Its own food as plants do or eat food as animals do.
Explain how most energy used on earth can be traced back to the sun?
Photoautotrophs (mostly) are the only organisms which can produce their own food using the energy from the Sun. All other organisms either have to eat plants (primary consumers) or eat animals that eat plants (secondary consumers). There are relatively few tertiary consumers.
What does parsley eat?
Parsley is a plant. Plants do not eat, they make their food from sunlight.
Do herbivores have photosynthesis?
No, herbivores EAT plants it is plants that photosynthesise to make their food and herbivores that eat plants to steal the food the plants have made. ONLY plants can make their own food from scratch (using sunlight), all other living creatures (except some that live on chemicals heated in the earth) depend on plants for their food.
How does a plant make its own food?
The way a plant makes it's food is a process called photosynthesisPhotosynthesis
How important is the food making process in plants?
The food making process is very important in plants. If plants don't make food then they will die. Animals and humans both eat plants.
Why don't plants have to eat?
They make their own food. They carry out photosynthesis
Why plants don't have to eat?
They make their own food. They carry out photosynthesis
What process that plants and animals use sunlight to make food?
Green plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food from sunlight. Only green plants can make their own food. Other plants (like mushrooms) and animals do not make their own food, but get nutrition from green plants (or dead green plants). Animals do not make food from sunlight. If they could, they would not need to eat.
Why are the foods plants make so important to organisms?
Many animals need to eat plants to live. Other animals eat animals that eat plants. So the food that plants make is the source of life for all animal life.
