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The function of starch in plant cells is primarily the storage, and then the releasing, of biochemical energy.

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starch is used to stiffen garments so that they don't crest easily

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Starch is used as an energy source. If the cell carries out the process of photosynthesis, it produces starch.

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Starch is made of glucose molecules and when the plant needs energy, the plant takes some glucose molecules from the starch to transfer into energy.

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it stores energy, just as human cells use fat for energy storage

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Starch is used to store glucose molecules for food. Cellulose makes up the cell wall of a plant cell and gives it structural support.

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Why can protein and starch not be absorbed directly into the body?

Because starch is a polymer of sugar molecules (lots of them all bound together as a store of sugar) and the cells in the body can only metabolize individual sugar molecules. Therefore the starch needs to be broken up into its individual sugars before it is any use to the cells.


Plant cells change starch into sugar?

False


Why might plant storage organs (such as fruit or tuber) contain both starch and sugar?

Starch and sugar are essentially the same thing. Starch is a polymer (chain) of single sugar molecules. As the starch is made up or broken down, you would expect to find both in the cells responsible for this action.


How does Plaque use sugar?

They use the sugar and starch from food particles in the mouth to produce acid


Animal cells store excess sugar in the form of a polysaccharide called starch?

Starch is stored by plants.Animals' storing carbohydrate is glycogen.


What do plants do with the sugar they do not use immediately?

They polymerize the sugar into either cellulose and/or starch.


Does starch have sugar?

no, starch is sugar fool


Is the amyloplast a source of sugar?

Yes, amyloplasts store starch in potatoe cells and when the cell is ready will help in the process of making sugar.


Why does the starch need to be converted into sugar before it is used to make ethanol?

Starch is the storage form of glucose in plants. Glucose is compounded into chians called starch and stored for later use. During times when there is a deficiency of glucose in plant cells, this stored starch can be broken down back into glucose and used in various metabolic processes


Is starch a sugar?

No, starch is not sugar. But, both are carbohydrates.


Which substance does your body use fat to produce?

sugar and starch


Are starch and sugar synonymous?

Starch is an indigestible form of sugar.