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Expert: - 2/17/2009


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How does a plant and animal get glucose molecules?

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Hi Brandi;
These are extremely complicated chemical processes but to summarize;
The producers (green plants) capture energy fom the sun and combine CO2 and H2O in a process called the C4 cycle to make glucose.  Animal get glucose by eating plants or other animals

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