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Peanuts and energy transfer

Peanut leaves and freshly dug pods Stuckey, South Carolina, USA

Peanuts offer several examples of energy transfer – from stored energy in the seed prior to growth to chemical energy from the Sun as it grows and when it is eaten.

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