Complete the sentence.
In this chemical reaction, sucrose is a ().

 - reactant
 - product
Read the underlined text carefully. Look for information about what happens to sucrose in this chemical reaction.
Honeybees make honey from nectar that they collect from flowers. Nectar is a clear liquid that contains a sugar called sucrose. After a bee collects nectar from a flower, chemicals in the bee's body break down the sucrose into a mixture of fructose and glucose, two simpler sugars. The bee then deposits this mixture into a honeycomb and seals the honeycomb with wax.
The underlined text tells you that when sucrose breaks down, fructose and glucose are formed. When sucrose reacts, or goes through a chemical change, its atoms are rearranged to form fructose and glucose. Because sucrose reacts in this chemical reaction, sucrose is a reactant.