The night prior to a football game, the coach tells his students to eat pasta to “carbo load”
their bodies. Excess carbohydrates are stored as __________ in animals.
a. glucose
b. simple sugars
c. glycogen
d. starch
C
You might also like to view...
What is the function of surfactant in the mammalian respiratory system?
A. reduction of surface tension in the fluid covering the alveoli B. capture and removal of inhaled foreign particles C. maintaining a moist surface D. transport of oxygen E. It functions as an antibiotic.
Plants obtain _____ by taking it up from the air
a. nitrogen c. phosphorus b. carbon d. nitrogen and carbon
What is one reason why plants have accessory pigment molecules, like chlorophyll b and carotenoids?
A) to reflect more energy B) to absorb energy in parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that chlorophyll a cannot C) to give them different colors D) because plants cannot make enough chlorophyll a for all of their energy needs
Which of the following, pertaining to prokaryotic cell membranes, is mismatched?
A. function - regulates transport of nutrients and wastes B. form a bilayer - phospholipids C. internal folds - mesosomes D. unique hydrocarbon present - cyanobacteria E. sterols present - mycoplasmas