NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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Which carbohydrate(s) provide short-term energy storage?
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polysaccharide
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monosaccharide and disaccharidepolysaccharide
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Plants store carbohydrates in long polysaccharides chains called starch, while animals store carbohydrates as the molecule glycogen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monosaccharides are simple sugar unit molecules, whereas polysaccharides are enormous, linking thousands of sugar units. Monosaccharides provide cells with short-term energy. Polysaccharides provide long-term energy storage and rigid structure to cell walls and exoskeletons of animals.
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