Question

What is the internal energy reserve in plants ?

Answer 1

Starch is the internal energy reserve in plants. No, animals do not have the same energy reserve. The energy reserve in animals is glycogen.

Answer 2

In plants, starch is considered as the internal energy reserve.

In animals, starch is not the energy reserve rather they are composed of glycogen.

As compared to starch, glycogen has shorter strands which ensure easy metabolism and breakdown into the forms of energy. Due to the presence of starch in plants, metabolic rate is quite slow.