The process of a plant converting air and water into its solid body is an example of what fundamental scientific principle?

The law of conservation of energy

The law of conservation of mass

A small acorn grows into a massive oak tree over many years. According to the principle of mass conservation, where does the vast majority of the tree's new mass come from?

It is absorbed directly from sunlight, which is converted into solid matter.

It comes from materials in the air and water that are chemically rearranged.

It is created from the energy stored within the original acorn.

It is primarily pulled from the minerals and organic matter in the soil.

Carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere

Complex minerals absorbed by the roots

Decomposed organic matter in the dirt

Sugar is only used as a short-term energy source for the plant's daily functions.

Sugar serves as the fundamental building material for creating solid structures like the trunk and stems.

Sugar's primary role is to make the plant's sap sweet to attract insects for pollination.

Sugar is stored in the roots and does not contribute to the mass of the parts above ground.