QuestionBiology / plastids
Plastids, in which materials such as starch, oils and protein granules are stored, are called:
- (a) Leucoplasts
- (b) Chromoplasts
- (c) Chloroplasts
- (d) Chromatophores
Answer: (a) Leucoplasts
Leucoplasts are colourless storage plastids: amyloplasts (starch), elaioplasts (oils, fats), aleuroplasts (proteins). Chromoplasts carry carotenoid pigments; chloroplasts photosynthesise.