Explain in your own words 3 functions that lipids serve in plants and/or animals

Lipids serve diverse functions in both plants and animals

1) They serve to provide energy for metabolic processes in animals.

2) They serve as membrane lipid layer and structural components for membranes.

3) They are used for storage and provide energy for the body.

Lipids is a compound that consist of fat and oil, steroid. It is found in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes organism.

They are useful in membrane formation as they are constituent of cell membranes and cell wall.

Lipids aids cell division in plant during cytokinesis in Telophase.

Lipids are great source of energy it has twice the energy of

carbohydrate.

They serve as protection for specialize tissue in the cell.