What energy transfer is occurring when a plant uses energy from the sun to make sugar in fruit? radiant energy is converted to nuclear energy. radiant energy is converted to stored chemical energy. thermal energy is converted to nuclear energy. thermal energy is converted to stored chemical energy.

The right answer is Radiant energy is converted to stored chemical energy.

Photosynthesis aims to create energy (in the form of carbohydrate) from the light energy from the sun.

Solar energy is used to oxidize water and reduce carbon dioxide to synthesize organic substances (carbohydrates). This phenomenon occurs in chloroplasts, a plant-specific organelle, at the level of the thylakoid membranes where photosystems I and II and cytochromes are located.

Radiant energy is converted to stored chemical energy.

Explanation:

Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast. Photosynthesis is divided into two parts: the light reaction and the dark reaction. In the presence of light chlorophyll gets excited by an electron to split water and produce energy molecules such as ATP and NADPH. In the dark reaction (independent of light) CO₂ gets oxidized to sugar molecules such as glucose.  

6CO₂ + 6H₂O -> C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

water   molecules stay close to each other through cohesion, the collective action of hydrogen bonds between water molecules. cohesion plants draw water upwards from the root through the stem's transport tubes (xylem) to the leaf. this transport occurs even in large trees and against gravity. transpiration, evaporation of water from plant leaves, creates a tension on water molecules being pulled up from the stem and roots.

water also has high (the attraction of one substance to another) properties because of its polar nature. adhesion of water molecules to plant cell walls counteract gravity while water is transported from roots to leaves.

water exhibits a very high surface tension when compared to other liquids. surface tension is a property of a liquid that holds the surface together and allows it to resist an external force. by capillary action, the water forms concave menisci inside the pores. the high surface tension of water pulls the concavity outwards, generating enough force to lift water from the roots to the leaves of plants.

thus, cohesion, along with adhesion and surface tension creates a capillary action that keeps water molecules interacting and moving through the plants out to the leaf cells.

therefore, option d) is the correct answer.

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