Question
(a) Explain why plants store excess glucose as starch rather than keeping it as glucose. (2 marks) (b) Plants also convert glucose to amino acids. State what additional element is required, and name the ion that supplies it. (2 marks) (c) Explain how glucose is transported from a leaf to a root that cannot photosynthesise. (3 marks)
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