Based on the illustration, explain what happens to most of the mass gained by the plant cell through photosynthesis?
A) The mass is returned to the soil.
B) The reactants of photosynthesis are used as the reactants of respiration.
C) The products of photosynthesis are shuttled back into the photosynthesis reaction as reactants.
D) The mass produced by the photosynthesis reaction is used by the plant to fuel respiration and is turned into carbon dioxide, water, and energy.