Question

through chemical reactions, photosynthesis uses the suns radiant energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. glucose is a type of simple sugar that living things use as food. plants take in water and carbon dioxide from their environments. for example, a plant growing in a prairie will obtain carbon dioxide from the air around it. the plant will then obtain water from rainfall, whether the rain water soaks into the soil and is absorbed by roots or is caught on the plants leaves.

1. what two things does a plant need in order to make glucose?

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Explanation:

The text states that photosynthesis (the process plants use to make glucose) uses the Sun’s radiant energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. So the two things a plant needs to make glucose are water and carbon dioxide (along with sunlight, but the question asks for two things from the context of the reactants for glucose production here, and the text emphasizes water and carbon dioxide as the substances taken in for the reaction).

Answer:

A plant needs water and carbon dioxide (along with the Sun's radiant energy, but from the reactants perspective for making glucose, the two key substances taken in are water and carbon dioxide) to make glucose. (If strictly two things from the text's description of what plants take in for the process: water and carbon dioxide)