Plants grow in many different shapes and sizes. Much of their shape depends on an internal structure that is composed of carbon-containing molecules such as cellulose and lignin. Plants that have a strong internal structure can grow larger than other plants because their structure can support their size.

Plants obtain the majority of the carbon necessary for building these structural molecules from -

A) air

B) microorganisms

C) soil

D) water

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Nikhil Stephenson

Chemistry

2 October, 14:28

Plants grow in many different shapes and sizes. Much of their shape depends on an internal structure that is composed of carbon-containing molecules such as cellulose and lignin. Plants that have a strong internal structure can grow larger than other plants because their structure can support their size.

Plants obtain the majority of the carbon necessary for building these structural molecules from -

A) air

B) microorganisms

C) soil

D) water

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Jacqueline Krause · Answer 1

A. Air

Explanation:

Lignin which has a glucos link is a unique hydrocarbon comprising 8-20% of the cell wall of plants. It is a complex, dense, amorphous, secondary cell wall polymer found in the trachea elements and sclerenchyma of terrestrial plants.

Since plant absorbs carbon dioxide from air to form glucose and hence, starch; That is the source of carbon to build other macromolecules.

Water which it absorbs from soil is not of carbon content neither do plant take in microorganisms.