Carbohydrates are stored as complex sugars. The larger molecules are called starch and bigger than that is cellulose.
Starch is the energy storage carbohydrate, but many plants store energy as fats. Fat is a much more compact storage form for energy precursors.
plants store energy as starch
starch
Starch
Carbohydrate.
Glucose (C6H12O6) is made by plants and burned in the mitochondria. It is a carbohydrate.
photosynthesis
bad kind
Solar energy, plants take in this energy through the chloroplast.
Fat is used to store energy. Carbohydrates.
Starch is a form of branched chain carbohydrate found in vegetables.
potential energy
lipids can store more energy
lipids can store more energy
Light energy from the sun
The type of molecule that serves as a living things main source of energy is a carbohydrate. The most important carbohydrate is glucose. Glucose is the basic form of fuel in living things.