how plants use glucose

• how do plants use glucose

  >respiration

  >making cellulose

  >making amino acids

  >stored as fats and oils

  >stored as starch
• respiration

  they use some of the glucose for respiration

  respiration is the process which occurs in all living things

  it's where energy is released from the breakdown of glucose

  plants uses this energy to convert the rest of the glucose it various other useful substances
• making cellulose

  Glucose is converted into cellulose for making strong plant cell walls
• making amino acids

  glucose is combined with nitrate ions (absorbed from soil) to make amino acids, which are then made into proteins
• stored as fats and oils

  glucose is turned into lipids to store in seeds
• stored as starch

  glucose is turned into starch and stored in roots, stems and leaves, ready for use when photosynthesis isn't happening - winter
• starch is insoluble

  this makes it much better for storing than glucose
• what happens if glucose is stored instead of starch?

  a cell with loads of glucose in would draw in loads of water and swell up