Question

Briefly explain in a few sentences the differences between how a sunflower gets energy and a squirrel gets energy. Include the words glucose, produces, and consumes in your answer.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

A sunflower, which is a plant, obtains its energy from the sunlight during a process called photosynthesis. This process uses the photons from the sunlight as energy to fixate CO₂ (which is in the air). This CO₂ is fixated and metabolized by the plant and produces glucose as the final product.

A squirrel, which is an animal, obtains its energy by the degradation of compounds found in the food (for example, a nut). Among other components, we can find carbohydrates, especially polymers formed by glucose monomers bound together. This polymer is first degraded by the saliva to monomers of glucose. This glucose is internalized and metabolized by the cells and after its lysis and passage through the Calvin cycle, it produces energy in the form of ATP and CO₂ as a final product (this process is called respiration).