Question

Carbohydrates are stored in plants and animals in the form of
cellulose and glucose respectively
starch and glycogen respectively
starch and glucose respectively
cellulose and glycogen respectively

Answer 1

starch and glucose are stored

Answer 2

• Glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in animals. The two main site of storage of glycogen is liver and muscles.
• The excess glucose is linked together as a multibranched polysaccharide to serve for long term energy reserve, Muscle glycogen is kept as an immediate resource of energy as and when required.
• As during exercising muscle glycogen is broken to glucose which via glycolysis produces energy for the exercise.