Question 8

(Multiple Choice)

Which of the following is the best explanation for why vegetable oil is a liquid at room temperature, while animal fats are solid?


A) Vegetable oil has fewer double bonds than animal fats.
B) Vegetable oil has longer fatty- acid tails than animal fats have.
C) Vegetable oil has more double bonds than animal fats.
D) Animal fats have no amphipathic character.

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