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which activity directly converts energy from the sun into chemical energy?
a snake lying on a sunny rock to keep warm
a rabbit using energy from food it has eaten to run
a bean plant making its own food to grow
a person burning firewood to cook food
Plants perform photosynthesis, which directly converts solar energy into chemical - energy in the form of glucose. A bean plant making its own food to grow uses the energy from the Sun in the process of photosynthesis. A snake lying on a sunny rock is just absorbing heat for thermoregulation, not converting solar energy to chemical energy. A rabbit uses energy from food it has eaten, which is energy that was originally captured by plants from the Sun but is an indirect use. A person burning firewood to cook is using the stored chemical energy in the wood, which was originally solar energy captured by trees during photosynthesis but again is an indirect use.
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