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Which types of molecules are primarily used for long-term energy storage in the lemur?

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Samantha Stewart

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Answered Feb 18, 2021

The types of molecules that are primarily used for long-term energy storage in the lemur are lipids. What makes lipids effective for long-term energy storage is the fact that lipids are composed of long carbon-hydrogen bonds. As a result, they can store more energy in their bonds.

Carbohydrates can never be the answer because of the high ratio of carbon to oxygen bonds in their structure, particularly in their glycosidic linkages. Also, since carbohydrates are based on glucose, you only get fewer calories. To confirm this, you can decide to compare the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose.

Lipids can store more energy because there are a lot of calories stored in their structures. For instance, there are about 9 calories in one of fat and oils, while there are only about 4 calories in one gram of glucose. This explains why lemur ancestors were able to survive the trip to Madagascar without food.

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C. Bernthal

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Answered Feb 18, 2021

The answer to this question is lipids. This means that lipids, also known as fats, can be very effective in providing storage for the energy that is acquired by the body. Lemurs, like other similar animals, will have the ability to store enough energy if in case they would not be getting enough food for a certain time.

There are some things that can be found in living things like monosaccharides that will be effective in storing energy for a short amount of time. For lipids, it is going to be different. When the body is unable to get enough energy anymore so that the lemur will be able to move, the storage from the lipids will be acquired.

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Robert Hazlewood

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Answered Feb 16, 2021

Lipids are the correct answer to this question. Lipids are molecules that occur naturally. They are found in the body, and they store not just long-term energy. They are also responsible for storing signals. Another feature of lipids is that they function as cell membrane components.

Lipids contain three elements, which are oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen. Lipids also have substances included in them, such as fats, steroids, and waxes. Lipids are considered to be hydrophobic, which means they do not have the ability to dissolve in water.

Lipid can also be used to describe fats. This is because the body is able to synthesize some liquids from fats that are dietary.

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E. Dixon

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

The correct answer to this question is lipids. These are one of the four organic molecule groups. The other three groups are nucleic acids (DNA), proteins, and carbohydrates (sugars). One thing that carbohydrates and lipids share is that they are made of the same elements, which are oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon.

One aspect that makes them different is that lipids will have more hydrogen atoms. There are many types of lipids, which include waxes, fats, and steroids. The main feature of lipids is that they are characterized as hydrophobic. This means the lipids will not be able to dissolve in water.

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J. Shatner

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

Lemur bodies were created to successfully store energy for times when food is not readily available. Generations of lemurs survived the trip across the Mozambique Channel from mainland Africa to Madagascar. Lipids or fats are stored for long term energy options in lemurs, as well as all organisms.

Proteins are employed to develop and repair tissue, while organisms use lipids to maintain energy. Lemurs also have a low basal metabolic rate, which helps them during the dry season. They can boost their energy use by reducing their metabolic rate to 20 percent below the values compared to other animals that carry a similar body mass.

Before the dry season, they will collect fat while adipose tissue is located at the bottom of the tail and hind legs, which adds to their weight. At the end of the dry season, their body mass may fall to half of what it was before the dry season.

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Y. Dawne

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Answered Feb 07, 2019

It's lipids.

Lemurs' bodies are adapted to efficiently store energy for times when food is scarce. This adaptation may help to explain how lemur ancestors survived the trip across the Mozambique Channel from mainland Africa to Madagascar.

Lipids, or fats, are primarily used for long-term energy storage in all organisms. Monosaccharides, the building blocks of carbohydrates, also store energy but in a short-term fashion. Nucleic acids store and transmit genetic information, and proteins are responsible for cell structures, communication, transportation, and regulation, but not energy storage.

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John Smith

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Answered Apr 19, 2017

Lipids

Carbohydrates are used by organisms as an immediate source of energy, nucleic acids serve as hereditary material for organisms, proteins are primarily used to build and repair tissue and lipids are used by organisms to store energy. Therefore the correct answer is A.
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