Uses of Glucose from Photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis


  Carbon dioxide + water + light energy → Glucose + Oxygen
• Respiration


  Process that releases energy from glucose
• Mitochondria


  Where respiration takes place
• Photosynthesis only produces glucose during the day


  Plant cells respire all the time, including at night
• Starch


  Insoluble storage molecule made from glucose
• Glucose produced in photosynthesis

  Can be converted to starch for storage
• Fats and oils


  Storage form of energy made from glucose
• Cellulose


  Molecule in cell walls made from glucose
• Amino acids


  Made from glucose, used to synthesize proteins
• Plants need to absorb nitrate ions from the soil to make amino acids from glucose