Plants use starch to store glucose, whilst animals store glycogen. Starch and glycogen stores have different properties which reflect the different ways plants and animals function. Which of the following is NOT a correct explanation of the difference between plant and animal stores?
A. Animals need to release glucose quicker than plants to contract muscles
B. Animals store most of their energy as fat
C. Animals need to store their glucose in a denser form than plants
D. Animals need to control the concentration of glucose in their fluids more than
plants
E. Animals often synthesise glucose from amino acids