TREE PHYSIOLOGY
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Question
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The type of food a plant stores is ____
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fat
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leaves
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seeds
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sugar
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Plants store glucose in the form of insoluble starch in leaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sugar storage and accumulation, and its homeostasis in plant cells are managed by the vacuole.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called glucose. Glucose is used by plants for energy and to make other substances like cellulose and starch.
Detailed explanation-4: -Plant cells keep food in plastids known as leucoplasts. Leucoplasts store the reserved food as starch grains, oil droplets, or proteins. They are classified as amyloplasts, elaioplasts, and aleuroplasts, depending on whether they store starch, lipids, or protein.
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