What processes do the kelp perform to make their food molecules and break them down for energy?

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Chapter31: Animal Phylogeny, Acoelomates, And Protostomes
Section31.4: Animals Without Tissues: Parazoa
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What processes do the kelp perform to make their food molecules and break them down for energy?

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Plants can make their own food molecules such as sucrose by fixing carbon dioxide and using sun energy. 

The sun energy ( sunlight ) is converted into chemical energy by the plants via photosynthesis. 

The energy is stored in the chemical bonds of ATP( Adenosine triphosphate).

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