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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.1. Carbohydrates 4 of 15

Question 4

How are carbohydrates produced in nature?

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Green plants make them by photosynthesis. That is what makes carbohydrate the most abundant organic compound on the surface of the earth.

Respiration does the opposite: it breaks glucose down inside cells to release energy. Every carbohydrate molecule you eat began as sunlight caught by a leaf.

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