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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 is the simple sugar the body uses for quick energy?
It could be sugar, or a toffee.
This developing plant uses starch stored in the seed as a source of energy during germination This stored starch is a by-product of?
The stored starch is a by-product of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis produces glucose; plants can convert and store excess glucose as starch. Both sugar and starch are types of carbohydrates.
How can a seed grow without sunlight?
It uses the energy of the starch and sugar that is stored in the seed to create the first bits of growth that get it to the sunlight. It is that starch and sugar that is the reason we use seeds such as wheat, oat, barley, beans, etc., as energy sources for ourselves.
A simple sugar that the body uses for quick energy?
glucose
What are the uses of starch in the plant?
the starch is for food when needed
What energy does the body store from eating food?
The body uses glucose as energy. Excess glucose is stored as fat (in animals) and as starch (in plants).
What is the chemical reaction our body uses to break starch down into simpler compound?
This chemical reaction is called hydrolysis.
Why is it sweet when you chew starch?
Chewing, or mastication, uses the teeth to mechanically tear apart the food. Saliva contains amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starches in the mouth.
What are the uses of starch in amylase determination?
Starch is used in amylase determination as a substrate to measure the activity of the enzyme amylase. The enzyme amylase breaks down starch into simpler sugars, and by monitoring this process, the activity of amylase can be quantified. Starch provides a standardized substrate for conducting experiments to accurately measure the enzyme's activity.
Is starch a substance in plant foods that cannot be digested by the body?
Yes and no.Starches do indeed come from plant foods, but not all starches are indigestible to the human body. Starches, aka "complex carbohydrates" or "polysacchrides" are simply complex sugars; instead of being made up of just one or two sugar molecules (monosacchrides or disacchrides) they are made up of a long string of sugar molecules. They provide sustained energy, as the body is able to utilize one molecule at a time as it is needed. Simple sugars must be used up all at once or else they are converted into fat. This is why eating a lot of sugar at once gives you a "sugar rush."The starch cellulose is not easily digested by the human body. It mostly passes through the body whole. It is most commonly called "fiber." There are two types of fiber, soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber mixes with water and forms a gel-like substance. Insoluble fiber passes through the body completely undigested.
What are the uses of starch?
It is used in cooking.
