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seth ordered lobster at a restaurant and realized that the outer shell was made of a tough carbohydrate similar to that used to make the carapace of a cockroach. what do you think the outer shell of the lobster is made of? multiple choice cellulose chitin glycogen fibrin amylopectin
Chitin is a tough carbohydrate that forms the exoskeleton (outer shell) of arthropods like lobsters and the carapace of cockroaches. Cellulose is found in plant cell - walls, glycogen is an energy - storage molecule in animals, fibrin is involved in blood clotting, and amylopectin is a component of starch in plants.
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B. Chitin