alleryStart learning →During photosynthesis, plants convert incoming solar radiation into which form of energy?
AStored chemical potential energy
BGravitational potential energy
CNuclear binding energy
DElectrical energy stored in cells
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Stored chemical potential energy
1. Photosynthesis is described as converting radiant energy in sunlight into a different stored form.
2. That stored form is chemical potential energy, held in glucose and other carbohydrates.
3. Gravitational potential energy, nuclear binding energy, and stored electrical energy are not the forms named in this conversion.
4. So stored chemical potential energy is correct.
_Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 "Thermodynamics", section 12.2 First law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Energy and Work_
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