Uses of glucose from photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis

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

  Process that releases energy from glucose in the mitochondria
• Photosynthesis only produces glucose during the day

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

  Insoluble storage molecule produced from glucose
• Glucose produced in photosynthesis

  Can be converted back to glucose by the plant when needed
• Fats and oils

  Storage form of energy produced from glucose in many plants
• Cellulose

  Molecule in the plant cell wall, made from glucose produced in photosynthesis
• Amino acids

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