Question

9. Compare the functions of glycogen and starch. What do these two molecules have in common?
They are both used as the primary structural component of animal bones.
They are both proteins that catalyze metabolic reactions.
They both serve as storage forms of glucose for later energy use.
They are both nucleic acids that carry the genetic code for offspring.
10. Which compound is a carbohydrate made up of long glucose chains, and commonly found in plants?

Answer 1

9. They both serve as storage forms of glucose for later energy use.

10. Starch — a plant polysaccharide made of long chains of glucose (amylose and branched amylopectin).