A fatty acid is unsaturated if it ____________. Group of answer choices contains double bonds contains an acidic group. contains hydrogen. bonds to glycogen.
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A fatty acid is unsaturated if it a. contains hydrogen. b. contains carbon–carbon double bonds. c. contains a carboxyl (acidic) group. d. is bound to a glycerol.
If a fatty acid is saturated, which of the following choices is true? It contains the maximum number of double bonds between carbons in the fatty acid chains. It contains the maximum number of triple bonds between carbons in the fatty acid chains. It contains the maximum number of hydrogen atoms in the fatty acid chains. It contains fatty acid chains with both amino and carboxy groups. It contains alternating single and double bonds between carbons in the fatty acid chains.
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An unsaturated fatty acid is one in which: a) carbon-carbon double bonds are present in the hydrocarbon chain. b) the hydrocarbon chain has an odd number of carbons. c) the hydrocarbon chain has an even number of carbons. d) no carbon-carbon double bonds are present in the hydrocarbon chain. e) not all of the carbons in the hydrocarbon chain are bonded to hydrogen atoms.
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