Question

Which is the internal energy reserve in plants? do the animals have the same energy reserve? justify your answer.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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➡Starch serves as the stored form of energy in plants.

➡Excess food in the form of carbohydrates (such as glucose) synthesised via photosynthesis by the plants gets stored in the form of starch.

➡But in animals, glycogen serves as the stored form of energy.

➡Excess glucose gets converted into glycogen and get stored in liver.