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Select the true statements.
branched starch
glycogen
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The parallel chains in cellulose give cellulose its strength and rigidity.
Cellulose and starch have the same function in plant cells.
Starch, cellulose, and glycogen are monosaccharides.
Glycogen has more branching than starch.

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True:
- The parallel chains in cellulose give cellulose its strength and rigidity. (Cellulose is made of straight β(1→4) glucose chains that hydrogen-bond to form strong fibrils.)
- Glycogen has more branching than starch. (Glycogen is highly branched; plant starch’s branched component, amylopectin, is less frequently branched.)

False:
- Cellulose and starch have the same function in plant cells. (Cellulose is structural; starch is an energy-storage polymer.)
- Starch, cellulose, and glycogen are monosaccharides. (They are polysaccharides made of glucose monomers.)