Glucose (summer exam) Flashcards
Glucose is used by plant in several ways.It can be used a plant during respiration to re________ energy.
Release
It can be turned into other products such as:
Starch (stored in le_______, le_______ or ro_____) This is a store of energy
The Starch molecules are ins_______ very large, so they cannot move out of the plant cell
Leaves,leaves or roots, insoluble
Fat or oil (stored e.g. in se_____)
For context – sunflower oil is obtained from s___________ seeds
Seeds, sunflower
What does Cellulose do?
strengthens cell walls
What are proteins needed for?
Proteins (needed for growth)
!!IMPORTANT Some parts of the variegated leaf contain chlorophyll, whilst other plants do not contain chlorophyll.
Only parts of the leaf with chlorophyll will photosynthesise and test positive for starch.!!
!!IMPORTANT!!