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A monosaccharide sugar originating in plants and used in animals to carry energy throughout the body, just as sucrose is the main carrier of energy throughout the plant. It is prepared industrially by the hydrolysis of starch.

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During photosynthesis plants produce sugar and what?

During photosynthesis, plants produce glucose (sugar) and oxygen as byproducts. The glucose is used as energy for the plant, while the oxygen is released into the atmosphere as a waste product.


Is glucose a molecule?

Glucose is a monosaccharide or simple sugar that is used as a source of energy by the body and in plants. Yes, glucose is a molecule.


The sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis is?

Glucose


What is the name given to the sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis?

The sugar produced during photosynthesis is called glucose. It is a simple carbohydrate that serves as a source of energy for the plant and can be used for growth and maintenance.


What is the simple sugar made by plants?

Glucose?


What is the scientific name for sugar of plants?

glucose.


What are the sources of sugar based polymers?

The ultimate source of natural sugar based polymers are plants. Plants make sugar (glucose) by photosynthesis. The glucose is then used to make polymers such as starch (amylose and amylopectin) and cellulose. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide


What make plants in the light?

Plants make or 'synthesize' glucose sugar in the light, and in doing so, release oxygen as well. Oxygen and Glucose sugar.


What kind of plant makes sugar?

Plants produce sugar through photosynthesis, a process where they use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. This glucose is used as their main energy source for growth and development.


Give two ways a plant uses sugar?

Glucose or sugar is produced through photosynthesis in plants. Plants use glucose to make cellulose, enzymes, and chlorophyll. Sugar is also needed by plants for respiration.


What is the full definition for Sucrose?

Sucrose is a crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets. It is widely used as a sweetener or preservative and in the manufacture of plastics and soaps.Sucrose is a crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets. It is widely used as a sweetener or preservative and in the manufacture of plastics and soaps.


Which sugar made by plants is consumed in the mitochondria?

Glucose.