BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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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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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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