BIOLOGY
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Chapter 3, Problem 1A
You can use starch or glycogen as an energy source, but not cellulose because
a. starch and cellulose have similar structures.
b. cellulose and glycogen have similar structures.
c. starch and glycogen have similar structures.
d. your body makes starch but not cellulose.
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Fructose and galactose are both isomers ofa. glycogen.b. glucose.
c. starch.
d. maltose.
Which of the following are differences between starch and glycogen?
A. Starch is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin while glycogen is a pure biopolymer.
B. The amylopectin instarch has more branches than glycogen.
C. Starch is the storage form of glucose in plants while glycogen is in animals and humans.
D. The branches in amylopectin is alpha 1->6 while itis beta 1-->6 in glycogen.
E. Starch reacts more intensely with Lugol's reagent than glycogen.
Which of the following carbohydrates function as a major source of cellular fuel?a. starch in plant cellsb. glycogen in animal cells c. cellulose in lant cellsd. a and ce. a and b
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Ch. 3.1 - Describe the relationship between functional...Ch. 3.1 - Recognize the different kinds of isomers.Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 3.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 4LOCh. 3.4 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 3.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 3.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3 - Prob. 1UCh. 3 - Why are carbohydrates important molecules for...Ch. 3 - Plant cells store energy in the form of ______,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4UCh. 3 - A molecule of DNA or RNA is a polymer of a....Ch. 3 - Prob. 6UCh. 3 - What monomers make up a protein? a....Ch. 3 - A triglyceride is a form of _______ composed of...Ch. 3 - You can use starch or glycogen as an energy...Ch. 3 - Which of the following is NOT a difference between...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3ACh. 3 - A mutation that alters a single amino acid within...Ch. 3 - Two different proteins have the same domain in...Ch. 3 - What aspect of triglyceride structure accounts for...Ch. 3 - The spontaneous formation of a lipid bilayer in an...Ch. 3 - Prob. 1SCh. 3 - Hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions each...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3S
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