LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Starch serves as energy storage in plants. Glycogen is an even more highly branched polysaccharide of glucose monomers that serves the function of energy storage in animals. Glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and muscles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Starch is the most critical long-term energy storage carbohydrate in plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Starch is an ideal storage molecule because: it is insoluble and therefore doesn’t affect the water potential of the cell. it is large and therefore cannot diffuse from the cell. it is compact and therefore much can be stored in a small space.