what happens to the sugar in leaves?
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When the leaf is exposed to darkness, the sugar that was manufactured by the leaf while exposed to light (using carbon dioxide and the process of photosynthesis) is used by the plant to grow. The pores on the underside of the leaf open and the plant switches to respiration, burning the sugar with the oxygen in the air similarly to animals. Of course an animal might eat the leaf and use the sugar itself.
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ATP expelling water.  Glucose is broken down to make ATP and the process consumes oxygen, while expelling water. :)
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cell walls keep the cell rigid, so they can stay upright.\n\ncuticles reduce water loss through evaporation, preventing the plant from being dehydrated
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The sugar content goes up as the fruit ripens.
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The leaves on any tree/plant work mainly as the energy center to enhance the food supply of the plant.  Photosynthesis is the primary action within the leaves, not the storage of water.  The roots, and the trunk of the tree maintain the water.\n\nSo when a tree looses it's leaves it simply maintains it's primary surface, ie trunk and branches, by storing the water within the lower roots, and within the innermost section of the trunk.
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This would depend on the temperature of the water.  As temperature increases the amount of sugar soluble in the water increases.  Take a look at this link: http://www.shorstmeyer.com/msj/geo130/water/water.html\nfor a graph showing the solubility of sucrose in water over a temperature range of 0 to 100 degrees C.  The range is just under 200g/100ml water at 0 degrees up to 500g/100 ml water at 100 degrees.
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glycolysis is the process by which the glucose made in photosynthesis is broken down.\n\nIt takes place in the cells cytoplasm.\n\nUses glucose(sugar) and oxygen\n\nMakes carbon dioxide and water
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It would die because air and water(through transpiration, which is the loss of H2O through the leaves) cannot get in and out of the plant, so it suffocates. The stoma can still function, but the Jelly forms a barrier, so nothing goes in or out of them.
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A chemical reaction that takes place in a plant (with the aid of sun light) to create glucose, which is a type of sugar.\n\nWater + Carbon dioxide > Glucose + oxygen\n\nhttp://www.scienceaid.co.uk/plantnutrition.html
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I live in sugar beet country! After the first frost, the beets are harvested..LOTSSSSS OF BEETS!!! they are left at depots mad just for that purpose. After a time, they are reloaded and transported to the factory, where they are washed shredded and squeezed to death to remove as much beet liquid as possible..the liquid is processed,and there ya go! SUGAR!  :)
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The reason why salt water kills the plant is because the concentration of osmolites (salt disolved in water) is so high that it will draw the water out of the roots into the soil solution (a process called osmosis). It will dry the plant. The same happens with too much fertilizer. And the exact same thing happens with sugar, which is also a very powerfull osmolite.\nThe sugar molecule cannot be absorbed by roots, so that won't help the plant, even at non restrictive concentrations.\nAloe vera, on the other hand, is a dessert plant and should resist some concentration of osmolites in the solution (that is, howevere, my guess). You can probably test how much sugar and/or salt it resists...keep in mind, though, that if you water the plant with sugar water (or saltwater) once, and it dries up, the sugar will remain in the soil, so don't water it again with sugar water because you will be doubling th concentration.
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That is xylem.\nPhloem transports manufactured materials, e.g. sugars.\nLook here:
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A plant uses photosynthesis to produce glucose.\n\nSome of the glucose will be used in respiration to generate energy.
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Water equalizes the pressure between the outside and the inside of the cell wall, so it doesn't become damaged.  It also is the transport medium for nutrients coming in, and waste exiting.
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The leaves (or whatever is green) on the plant make photosynthesis from sunlight---our sun gives its strongest, most energetic light in green---which is why our plant world is green---- to absorb the sun's green light the best. Water and minerals come up the roots. We breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, plants breathe cabon dixoide and exhale oxygen. Cool, isn't it?\n\nSome plants in the desert have the abiity to generate new leaves in just a day or two when it rains. Rainwater has nitrogen  \n\nThe overall equation for photosynthesis is deceptively simple. \n\n6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = C6H12O6 + 6O2\n\nThe product of photosynthesis is a carbohydrate, such as the sugar glucose, and oxygen which is released to the atmosphere. All of the sugar produced in the photosynthetic cells of plants and other organisms is derived from the initial chemical combining of carbon dioxide and water with sunlight. This chemical reaction is catalyzed by chlorophyll acting in concert with other pigment, lipid, sugars, protein, and nucleic acid molecules. Sugars created in photosynthesis can be later converted by the plant to starch for storage, or it can be combined with other sugar molecules to form specialized carbohydrates such as cellulose, or it can be combined with other nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur, to build complex molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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http://www.rpi.edu/dept/bcbp/molbiochem/MBWeb/mb1/part2/sugar.htm\n\nSimple web search
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Hey \n  every year i do a science fair project on plants and last year i learned how it happens.  First of all it is called absorbtion  Next, the water is sucked up by the ruts when the plant is looking for nutrients. then it takes the water to a different part of the (stomach) of the plant and it eats the water.\n  Hope i helped