Plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen.

Photosynthesis

Energy from sunlight

The plant makes sugar as food.

Carbon dioxide from air

Oxygen released into air

Water from soil

Food for Plants

Plants also make their own food. This process is called photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, plants use water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to make a kind of sugar and oxygen. This sugar is the food that gives plants energy to live and grow.