if plants use photosynthesis, how much of fruit is made from sunlight?

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if plants use photosynthesis, how much of fruit is made from sunlight?

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Answer 1

Sunlight provides none of the mass of the fruit. Sunlight provides the energy necessary to create or re-arrange the chemical bonds between carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen to create carbohydrates (sugars, starches, and the cellulose that plants use for structure).