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Plants store fats in their seeds. The plants use this fat for energy or it may end up being stored as starch.
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Where plants store fats?
Plants store fats in their seeds. The plants use this fat for energy or it may end up being stored as starch.
Why are fats and oils important to animals and plants?
Animals and plants use fats and oils to store energy and insulation
Do animals store lipids in the form of oil while plants store lipids in the form of fat?
true or false animals store lipids in the form of oil while plants store lipids in the form of fats
Why do plants store food as oils and animals as fats?
They store food as oils so that they keep growing
Is food in plants is the same as starch?
Yes, Because plants store food as starch and animals store fats/lipids as glycogen and protein is stored as glycogen too(in animals)
Of what importance are fats to plants?
Fats are energy source of the plants.
What do plants store as food?
sugar The plant store food in the form of non-soluble sugar (starch), proteins and fats.
Do fats give plants rigidity?
No
Explain why fat from animal sources are usually regarded as relatively unhealthy compared to those from plants sources?
Meat fats are generally classified as "saturated" where as plant fats are "poly- or monounsaturated." The body utilized poly- and monounsatuated fats as an energy source more readily than saturated fats, which the body tends to store.
Names of fats usually present in plants?
Generally fats present in plants are in the form of oils; canola, sunflower seed, etc.
How do plants store glucose that is to be used at a later time?
Plants use glucose in 5 ways: They store it as fats and oils (lipids) in plant seeds They use it to make cellulose to strengthen cell walls They use it to make amino acids for proteins They store it as starch They use it as a reactant of respiration
What kind of carbohydrate do plants use to store energy?
Carbohydrates are stored as complex sugars. The larger molecules are called starch and bigger than that is cellulose.
