Question

what happens to excess carbohydrates in animals?
○ they are stored as fat.
○ they are stored as protein.
○ they are stored in nucleic acids.
○ they are stored as sugar.

Explanation:

In animals, when there are excess carbohydrates, the body first stores them as glycogen (a form of sugar storage), but if glycogen stores are full, the excess is converted and stored as fat for long - term energy storage. Proteins have different functions (like structural and enzymatic) and aren't used to store excess carbs. Nucleic acids are for genetic information, not carbohydrate storage. And while some carbs are stored as sugar (glycogen), the main long - term storage for excess carbs beyond glycogen is fat. So the correct option is the one that says they are stored as fat.

Answer:

A. They are stored as fat