1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
sertanlavr [38]
3 years ago
11

Explain how carbohydrates and lipids are similar/different.

Biology
1 answer:
Contact [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: Carbohydrates and lipids are similar in the following ways:

1. They are both composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

2.  They both act as the main fuel and energy storage in the human body.

The difference between the two include the following:

1. Carbohydrate is soluble in water while lipid is not.

2. Lipids provide fat soluble vitamins, carbohydrate does not.

3. The energy content of lipid is four times more than that of carbohydrate.

4. Carbohydrate provides a ready source of energy while lipid does not.

5. Carbohydrate consist of carbon rings while the lipid is made up of hydrocarbon chains.

You might be interested in
Which creature has an effective defense for scaring
cricket20 [7]
A. The giant squid
Hope this helps!
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Layers of sediment are usually deposited by?
Bogdan [553]
I would say c is the answer

6 0
3 years ago
1. The industry that provides commodities that are basic to life is
GaryK [48]
Agriscience is the right answer :)
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
10. Which type of homeostatic mechanism is the most common in the human body?
natima [27]

Answer:

Explained below:

Explanation:

Type of homeostatic mechanism in the human body which is most common is the maintenance of body fluids, dilute and solutions of water that carry liquefied chemicals found in internal part of the cell and the surroundings of them. the internal part of the cells, it is named as intracellular fluid, the external part of the cells, it is named as extracellular fluid. All the materials such as oxygen, nutrients, proteins, and ions, are needed for survival.

8 0
3 years ago
35
tresset_1 [31]

Answer:

False

Explanation:

we create more body cells with mitosis not meiosis , we create gametes with meiosis

6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • How does Earths atmosphere keeps daytime temperatures cooler and nighttime temperatures warmer as compared to the moon?
    11·1 answer
  • Jonathan Swift choose a satirical essay to address the issues of Ireland's poor in A Modest Proposal. Why?
    13·2 answers
  • Besides predators, there are other living organisms in an ecosystem that interact with a population that can cause natural selec
    15·1 answer
  • What is the photosynthesis equation
    13·2 answers
  • This can occur when part of a population of a species becomes separated from the remainder
    12·1 answer
  • Which statement would least likely be used to describe variation?
    10·2 answers
  • Energy is released to be used by a cell when a phosphate group is ?
    13·1 answer
  • Definan fenotipo extremo y promedio
    15·1 answer
  • What determines the types of chemical reactions that an atom participates in? Is it the number of electrons in the outermost she
    6·1 answer
  • WHICH IS WHICH????????
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!