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Cellulose is the sugar in plants that makes up their cell walls. It is impermeable to water and protects the plant's cell organelles form damage.

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Plants developed cellulose for?

plants use cellulose as a way to keep the stem sturdy


What monomers plants use to make cellulose?

Plants use glucose monomers to make cellulose, which is a structural polysaccharide found in their cell walls. Glucose molecules are linked together in chains to form cellulose polymers through dehydration synthesis reactions.


Why do plants use carbon?

To make glucose, and eventually cellulose.


Do insectivorous plants have cellulose?

I think it has cellulose as it is a plant and all plants have cellulose Yes, insectivorous plants have cellulose. Most of them are highly developed vascular plants. These plants meet part of their nitrogen requirement from insects.


Where is the polysaccharide cellulose found in plants?

cellulose


What type of carbohydrates give plants their structure?

Cellulose is the carbohydrate that plants use to form their cell walls.


What are the two polysaccharides found in plants?

The two main polysaccharides found in plants are cellulose and starch. Cellulose is the structural component of plant cell walls, providing rigidity and support. Starch is a storage form of energy that plants use for growth and metabolism.


What are the reactants that plants use when they photosynthesize?

Its Either Blood, Iron, Chlorophyll, Or Cellulose .


What do plants do with the sugar they do not use immediately?

They polymerize the sugar into either cellulose and/or starch.


How do you use the word cellulose in a sentence?

The only weakness these creatures had was their inability to digest cellulose.


Do scientists believe plants evolved directly from cellulose?

No, scientists believe that plants did not evolve directly from cellulose. Cellulose is a complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of plants. Plants evolved from simpler ancestral organisms that did not have cellulose in their cell walls, but over time, they developed cellulose as a structural component.


Portion of the diet which is provided by cellulose from plants?

We get fiber in our diets from the cellulose (cell walls) in plants.