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Do plants use oxygen to make glucose?

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No, they don't use oxygen to make glucose
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No,because During photosynthesis green plants manufacture the sugar molecules fructose and glucose. Green plants use energy from sunlight to build sugar molecules from carbon dioxide and water. Oxygen is produced when the plant combines the carbon dioxide and the water by using the Sun's energy.
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