Cellulose Differs from Starch in That

question 75

Multiple Choice

Cellulose differs from starch in that

• A) starch is formed by plants and cellulose by animals.
• B) most animals cannot break down cellulose, whereas starch is easily digested.
• C) starch is made of glucose monomers, whereas cellulose is made of fructose monomers.
• D) cellulose is highly branched, whereas starch is unbranched.

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Definitions:

Cyclic Hemiacetals

Compounds formed from the reaction between an aldehyde and an alcohol under acidic conditions, resulting in a ring structure containing both an alcohol and an ether (or alkoxy) group.

Pyranoses

Ring forms of six-membered sugar molecules that result from intramolecular hemiacetal formation, where the oxygen atom is part of the ring.

Furanoses

Ring forms of monosaccharides (sugars) that contain a five-membered ring typically including an oxygen atom.

Glucose

A basic form of sugar that serves as a crucial source of energy for living beings and a fundamental element of numerous carbohydrates.