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Summarize how energy derived from the Sun is used by plants to produce sugars and is transferred within a food chain or food web from producers to consumers to decomposers

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Plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food. During photosynthesis, plants trap light energy with their leaves. Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called glucose.
Starch is stored in the seeds and other plant parts as a food source.
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