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Biology · Biological Molecules
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Question
Animal fats are in which state at room temperature?
Options
- A
Solid
- B
Liquid
- C
Gas
- D
Plasma
Explanation
Option A is correct since animal fats most commonly include saturated fats that have a high melting point and are solids at room temperature.
Option B is incorrect since plant lipids generally are unsaturated lipids and melt at a low temperature. So they are generally liquids at room temperature.
Option C is incorrect since lipids do not exist as gases at room temperature.
Option D is incorrect since lipids do not exist in the plasma state at room temperature.
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