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my mind has gone blank been working on two assignments half the day any help with these questions

2007-03-20 08:34:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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animal cells convert it to starch, plant cells convert it to cellulose

2007-03-20 08:44:39 · answer #1 · answered by birminghamn 1 · 0 1

Both Animal and Plant cells use glucose as a source of energy by converting it to water and carbon dioxide and releasing energy.

Plants store glucose by converting it to starch which is nothing more than a chain of glucose molecules. The starch can then be coverted back to glucose when required.

Contrary to what other answerers have written, animals do NOT store glucose as starch - they convert it to glycogen instead

2007-03-20 08:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Animals and plants differ in the way they store excess glucose. Plants store glucose as starch, a mostly unbranched polymer of glucose molecules. In contrast, animals store glucose as glycogen, a more highly branched polymer of glucose. The greater branching in glycogen allows animals to release glucose from glycogen rapidly (for example, if the animal needs to run). Since plants do not need to rapidly release glucose from starch, they can store it as a polymer with less branching.

2007-03-20 09:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Yggdrasil 2 · 1 0

its quite simple animals convert theyre glucose into starch and plants cells convert theyre glucose into cellulose.

2007-03-20 08:56:32 · answer #4 · answered by blackoceanview 3 · 0 1

Both plants and animals use glucose for energy. They poduce CO2 and H2O, and other previous products depending on the reaction.

2007-03-20 08:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0 1

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