Even though lipids and carbohydrates are made from the same elements (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen), why is it easy to tell them apart when viewing a model of each?

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Even though lipids and carbohydrates are made from the same elements (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen), why is it easy to tell them apart when viewing a model of each?

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Lipids don't have monomers but carbohydrates do.

Nishant Srivastava answered Feb 7, 2017

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