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Name the following:

5. Process of conversion of several molecules of glucose to one molecule of starch.


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  1. Photosynthesis is the process of synthesizing glucose by using carbon dioxide and water as the raw materials in the presence of sunlight.
  2. Glucose, after its formation, is immediately converted to a complex polysaccharide called starch, which is stored in leaves.
  3. The process of formation of starch from many glucose units is called polymerization.

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