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Do the potato and onion plants store carbohydrates in different forms?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes.. Onions store carbohydrates as glucose(monosaccharide), fructose(monosaccharide), and sucrose(disaccharide), while potatoes store carbohydrates as starch(a polysaccharide chain of multiple glucose molecules).
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Are carbohydrates stored similarly in both plants and animals?
No - they are stored in different forms. The main storage carbohydrate in plants is starch, and in animals it is glycogen.
Why do plants need carbohydrates?
Yes because carbohydrates are forms of energy and plants need energy to conduct photosynthesis and other life processes.
A potato forms sprouts that can become new plants what is the energy source for the sprouts?
Starch inside potato tuber
What is a polymerization process that forms complex carbohydrates?
The polymerization process that forms complex carbohydrates is called Dehydration Synthesis.
What chemical reaction forms carbohydrates?
By combining monosaccharides together to form a long chain.
How do you get power from a potato?
When we heat the potato, power forms from heating potato.
What is a energy primary?
The mitochondrion in a cell The primary source is the sun. Plants can convert sunlight to sugars which cause the plants to grow. We eat the plants, or feed the plants to an animal that we eat, and those sugars, which may be in many different forms, like carbohydrates, enters our cells and then can turn those sugars into muscle movement. It generally starts with the sun.
How is mitosis different plants and animals?
in plants, a new cell wall forms to split the cell
How is cytokinesis different in plants and animals!?
In plants, a new cell wall forms to split the cell
What is a primary source of energy?
The mitochondrion in a cell The primary source is the sun. Plants can convert sunlight to sugars which cause the plants to grow. We eat the plants, or feed the plants to an animal that we eat, and those sugars, which may be in many different forms, like carbohydrates, enters our cells and then can turn those sugars into muscle movement. It generally starts with the sun.
What is a primary energy source?
The mitochondrion in a cell The primary source is the sun. Plants can convert sunlight to sugars which cause the plants to grow. We eat the plants, or feed the plants to an animal that we eat, and those sugars, which may be in many different forms, like carbohydrates, enters our cells and then can turn those sugars into muscle movement. It generally starts with the sun.
Are carbohydrates sugar?
carbohydrates are sugar molecules linked together
