Which of the following best describes the role of a lipid in organisms?

Responses

Provide immediate energy through cellular respiration
Provide immediate energy through cellular respiration

Store hereditary information that is needed to create proteins
Store hereditary information that is needed to create proteins

Store energy in the event that the organism depletes all carbohydrates
Store energy in the event that the organism depletes all carbohydrates

Control the cell indirectly via protein synthesis
Control the cell indirectly via protein synthesis

1 answer

The response that best describes the role of a lipid in organisms is:

Store energy in the event that the organism depletes all carbohydrates.

Lipids primarily function to store energy for later use, as well as contribute to cellular structure and signaling. They do not provide immediate energy through cellular respiration like carbohydrates do.