Question

We can digest starch because it is made up of glucose. We cannot digest cellulose because it is made up of sucrose.

• A. nutrients
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

Both starch and cellulose are complex sugars made up of many repeating units of glucose. The bonding between the glucose molecules in starch and cellulose are different. We have enzymes to break the bonds in starch but not in cellulose.