NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants store their food in the form of starch in various parts of them. Starch is a polysaccharide of glucose monomers. Glucose residues are linked by glycosidic bonds. This starch can be stored in the leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, and seeds of a plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants cannot store glucose as it is, but store in the form of starch because glucose is insoluble in water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants prepare their food and store in the form of starch. They can store their food in different parts like roots, stems and leaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants store energy in the form of starch, instead of glucose, because starch is insoluble. This means that starch will not effect the water concentration inside cells and also it will not move away from the storage areas within the plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Storage roots, such as carrot, beetroot, raddish and sweet potato, are examples of roots that are specially modified for storage of starch and water.