• Question: what dotrees eat

    Asked by rfaulkner to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 11 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      Trees use light from the sun to make their own food – this is called photosynthesis and is one of the most important reactions on the planet. You may have heard of it and the equation is:

      Carbon dioxide + water — (sunlight)—-> sugar + H20

      Sunlight is needed as it kickstarts the reaction. The sugar made is the trees food.

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      Exactly!

    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      There are a few plants which can eats insects – plants like the Venus fly trap will catch insects in their traps, in order to get nutrients from the insect which it can’t get from the soil alone.

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