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Q: What do you call plant starch that is very tough and gives plants their strength?
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What gives plant there strength?

The sun is what gives plants life. That and water.


What are two polysaccharides in the structure of a plant cell?

2 polysaccharides found in plants are starch and cellulose. :)


What is starch used for in plants?

to store food in the plant


Is starch found in plant or animal cells?

plants


Why do you eat roots of the plant?

Some plants store starch in the roots for the young plant and since it contains alot of starch we eat it.


What organism produces starch?

Organisms that produce starch are arthropods. Arthropods are insects and crustaceans. Plants also produce starch. It is the way plant stems grow.


What does the starch grains do in the plant cell?

starch grains store food for plant cell .the starch grain just re-produces on and on. but like the Amyloplast, amyloplast gives away starch grain in its cell.


What does a plant store food called?

Starch is food that plants is stored


How does starch get to the root of plants?

it doesnt. it gets formed inside the plant


Do starch give mineral or vitamins to plants?

no. starch is a polysugar storage molecule which the plant produces to store energy.


Why do plants produce glucose?

plants produce glucose because it is there source of food for energy


What substance can a plant make as a store of energy?

Most plants store energy in the form of starch. The process of photosynthesis allows plants to convert the sun's energy into glucose, which is then converted into starch. The plant can then break the starch back down whenever energy is needed.