Question: Say you ate a hamburger (beef) at a family picnic. How can we consider that meat came from solar energy? Describe your answer in a few sentences.

Plants get their energy from the sun.

Animals get their energy from plants, which comes from the sun.

Explanation:

starchy vegetables are high in carbohydrates.

starchy vegetables contain more carbohydrates than non-starchy vegetables.

explanation:

there are two primary categories of carbohydrates, essentially differentiated on the basis of their carbohydrate content (which is in the form of starch - a complex carbohydrate):

those vegetables which contain little amounts of starch are termed as non-starchy vegetables, and some examples include: artichokes, broccoli and bean sprouts.

vegetables high in their starch content are distinguished as starchy vegetables, and some examples include: potatoes, chickpeas and corn.