The graph below shows the amount of ATP (cell energy) produced for a starch and for a triglyceride.

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How should this data be interpreted?

Question 1 options:

Starch has more oxygen atoms than a triglyceride, and oxygen is used up when starch is converted to ATP.

Triglycerides have longer fatty acid tails, so supply more energy as ATP than starch provides.

Triglycerides have more oxygen atoms than starch, and oxygen is required to convert the triglyceride into ATP.

Starch produces ATP at a faster rate, so it produces more ATP per second than a triglyceride.

The best interpretation of the data in the above image is that triglycerides have longer fatty acid tails, so supply more energy as ATP than starch provides (option B).

Why do lipids produce more energy than carbohydrates?

Triglycerides are a type of lipid molecules made up of an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids, which can be the same or different.

Starch, on the other hand, is a carbohydrate molecule made up of chains of glucose as monomeric units.

Triglycerides as a lipid molecule is made up of several chains of fatty acids and this accounts for the reason it produces a greater deal of energy than carbohydrates.

Therefore, the best interpretation of the data in the above image is that triglycerides have longer fatty acid tails, so supply more energy as ATP than starch provides.

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