Why can the complex sugar cellulose store more energy than the sugar glucose? It is for apex

1 Answer
May 31, 2018

Cellulose molecule stores more energy than glucose molecule as one cellulose molecule is made up of thousands of glucose molecules.

Explanation:

Cellulose is a complex carbohydrate, a polysaccharide . It is composed of thousands molecules of glucose.

Glucose is simple sugar , a monosaccharide .

It is thus evident that a single cellulose molecule will store much more energy as it stores energy equal to that stored in thousands glucose molecules.