Original Project
Matter and Energy in Living Systems
Plants make their own food in the form of sugar molecules from carbon dioxide molecules and water molecules. In…
Item ME109003: Plants use sugars that they make as food.
What do plants use as food?
- Plants use sugars that they make as food.
- Plants use substances that they take in from the soil as food.
- Plants use both sugars that they make and substances that they take in from the soil as food.
- Plants do not use sugars that they make or substances that they take in from the soil as food.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 5127 |
6–8 n = 2961 |
9–12 n = 2148 |
Male n = 2480 |
Female n = 2527 |
English n = 4532 |
Other n = 467 |
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| A. | Plants use sugars that they make as food. | 24% | 22% | 27% | 28% | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| B. | Plants use substances that they take in from the soil as food. | 25% | 27% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 29% |
| C. | Plants use both sugars that they make and substances that they take in from the soil as food. | 45% | 45% | 46% | 43% | 48% | 46% | 43% |
| D. | Plants do not use sugars that they make or substances that they take in from the soil as food. | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 9% |