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YES! Sugar, for example, is such a high energy source, especially for use in the human body. Having a chemical formula consisting of six carbons, twelve hydrogens, and six oxygens, glucose has high potential energy stored in its bonds. The bonds that house this energy are those between carbon and hydrogen. Six carbons with 12 corresponding hydrogens is a ton of energy for the body to use. It is so much that the energy must be broken-down and stripped before any direct use in the body.
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What contains sugar and starch?
a sweet potato ?
Why does the potato plant store starch and not sugar?
The potato does not store sugar because there is no sugar in it. The plant has starch in it which is then turned into "sugar" when it is eaten and digested. -when starch is digested, it turns to glucose. The organelle holding the startch grains are called leucoplasts.
What is the Main biomolecule in potatoes?
Potato is composite of relatively high amount of starch and sugar. Longer you store potato or more mature the potato gets, the starch are converted into sugar. Potato peel contains very trace amount of protein.
What stores more energy starch or fat?
starch gives more energy than sugar because starch is a polysaccharide(polymer of sugar).
What happens to a potato when sugar is added to it?
starch is a sugar...
What uses do plants have to make sugar for energy storage?
Store some of it as Starch .Some plants also store energy by converting sugar to lipids.
What do amyloplasts store in potato cells?
Amyloplasts are used for the synthesis and storage of starch. Proteins are usually stored in the Golgi Apparatus. As for the plants oils, that is different depending on the plant.
Why starch give us energy?
Because it i made up of glocose sugar. Sugar gives energy...
Why does potato contains starch?
because the starches in it can help produce sugar in your body all starches do it
Why do you get more energy from starchy foods rather than sugary foods?
Starch is a complex carbohydrate whereas sugar is simple. Starch breaks down into sugar. Starch is like a slow burning fire and sugar is like an explosion. Though the same amount of energy might be released in both, the starch lets the energy out over a longer time.
Would chemical digestion begin earlier on a potato or butter?
potato amalayze- an enzyme that is in saliva to break down starch into sugar- would break down the potato in your mouth!
How Are Starch Glycogen Related?
humans store the energy from starch as glycogenBoth starch and glycogen are are polymers formed from sugar molecules called glucose and they serve as energy storage.
