Sunday, July 8, 2012

The Energy flow.

Energy Flow

 1.Where do plants get thier energy to grow. 
answer;The plants get thier energy from the sun.
2.What do plants use the sun's energy to manufacture?
answer;They use it to manufacture sugar from water and carbon dioxide.
3.What do plants use most of their energy for?
answer;they absorb it and warms them.
4.How much of the energy that the plant captures through photosynthesis ends up stored as starch in the kernel?
answer;10%
5.For what does the cow use the energy from the corn?
answer; They use it to pruduce and power it’s muscle cells.     
6.How much of the energy stored in the corn gets passed on to you in burgers?
answer;10%
7.For what do you use the energy in the burgers?
answer;To help the wold feed itself.
8.How would eating more plants help us better feed the many people in the world?
answer;Because we lose 90% of the captured solar energy by passing it through animals.
9.What else besides energy do we get from plants and animals? When we eat them? 
answer;we can get minerals from the plants and animals.











      

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