When an organism is given the choice of storing energy, is it better to store it

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When an organism is given the choice of storing energy, is it better to store it as fats and glycogen, or to store it in the form of ATP? Why? View Available Hint(s) It is better to store energy in the form of fats and glycogen because they contain more energy per unit of mass and hence have a lower entropy. It is better to store energy in the form of ATP because fats and glycogen have more parts that move and hence have higher entropy than ATP. It is better to store energy in the form of ATP because if it's stored as fats an glycogen it is not available for immediate use. This adds another complicated layer of metabolism necessary which increases the entropy. It is better to store energy in the form of fats and glycogen because even though it is a more complicated and higher entropic way of doing things. In this case the extra entropy gives the cell an advantage.

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It is better to store in the form of ATP because if it is stored as fats and glycogen it is not available for immediate use. This adds another complicated layer of mechanism necessary which increase the entropy.

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Take the bottle into the sun. photosynthesis require sunlight.

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