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OpenStudy (anonymous):

type of energy transformed into chemical energy by plants is called type of energy transformed into chemical energy by plants is called @Physics

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Err ... what kind of energy to plants take in, which isn't already chemical?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Put it another way: if you locked your favorite houseplant up in a dark room, it would die. Why? Because it isn't getting a vital source of energy. That energy is ... what?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

umm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

good one james!!

OpenStudy (jamesj):

What kind of energy is there outside during the day that there isn't a night?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

or why is it you don't get sunburnt at night?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

radition

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i spelled it wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

radiation

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Light! Light energy, usually from the sun.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Technically 'electromagnetic radiation'. But light energy will probably do. Plants convert light energy, or energy from photons, into chemical energy.

OpenStudy (jamesj):

That's why they die without light. No energy.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh but there something else that stars with a r and ends with a t i dont no what the word is

OpenStudy (jamesj):

And that's why you can't get sunburnt at night, because there aren't enough photons hitting your skin to cause heating and burning.

OpenStudy (jamesj):

I'm not sure what that is besides electromagnetic radiation; a version of solar energy.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont no either umm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

could it be radiant

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Sure, radiant energy.

OpenStudy (jamesj):

It's a way to talk about electromagnetic radiation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah that works in my word box thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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