Sunlight on the Menu

Reflection/Synthesis:

1. Explain how the matter in each ingredient can be traced back to plants.
2. Explain how these ingredients can be traced back to the sun.
3. What MATTER in the food originally came from producers?
4. What ENERGY in the food originally came from the sun?
5. How is energy transferred from the sun to ingredients in your favorite foods?

Answers:

1. They all can be traced back to the plants because they all where made by plants
2. They all can be traced back to to the sun because it can be traced back to the plants which get their energy from the sun.
3. All of it because it is all made up of plants.
4. All of it because it is all made up of plants which get their power from the sun.
5. It gets transferred by having the plants collecting energy from the sun and every single food item is made up of plants.