Instruction Blological Macromolecules
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Comparing Starch and Cellulose
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Which statements correctly compare cellulose and starch? Check all that apply.
Both function as structural polysaccharides.
Both have glucose monomers linked by glycosidic bonds.
Cellulose forms a helical shape and starch is strictly linear.
Cellulose has linkages in the ß configuration and starch has a configurations.
The orientation of the hydroxyl group attached to C1 is different in cellulose than in starch.