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cellulose and chitin are considered structual polysaccharides because

they form tough structual cell walls in plants for example. They are the polysaccharides that are used to build a structual frame.

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Which polysaccharide is most similar to chitin?

Cellulose


How are the polymers cellulose and chitin similar?

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What is a modified form of cellulose found in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans?

There is no such tihng as a modified form of cellulose, but the word you are looking for is probably chitin, another organic molecule which is very similar to cellulose. Chitin is the second most abundant organic molecule on earth, second only to cellulose.


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Does fungi have cell walls that contain chitin?

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Example of polysaccharides?

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Do fungal cell have chloroplasts?

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Which organic compounds are polymer?

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