EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Starch: A polymeric carbohydrate known as starch or amylum is made up of many glucose units connected by glycosidic linkages. Plants use it as a form of stored energy. Photosynthesis is the term for the process through which plants produce food, and this food is then stored as carbohydrates (glucose and starch).

Detailed explanation-2: -Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants (primarily) convert energy from the sun’s light into usable, chemical energy. Plants require energy for growth, reproduction, and defense. Excess energy, created from photosynthesis, is stored in plant tissue as starch.

Detailed explanation-3: -Starch is insoluble in water so won’t affect the way water moves in and out of the plant, meaning plants can store large amounts of starch in their cells. Starch molecules are very large so they cannot move out of the cell. This means they can act as energy stores.

Detailed explanation-4: -Starch is stored in chloroplasts in the form of granules and in such storage organs as the roots of the cassava plant; the tuber of the potato; the stem pith of sago; and the seeds of corn, wheat, and rice.

Detailed explanation-5: -During photosynthesis, food is produced in plants in the form of glucose. The glucose gets converted to a polymeric form of carbohydrate called the starch. Therefore, the food prepared in plants is stored in the form of starch.