carbohydrates

Question 1

essential chemicals

Answer 1

proteins
carbs
lipids
vitamins
minerals
nucleic acids

Question 2

what is a carbohydrate

Answer 2

energy nutrient
ex. bread or rice

Question 3

reliant on what

Answer 3

plants with the process of photosynthesis

Question 4

structure

Answer 4

single sugars ( monomer) or chains of sugars (polymer)

Question 5

monosaccharides

Answer 5

single sugar unit
3-6 carbons

Question 6

isomer

Answer 6

same chemicals formula, different arrangements
(glucose, galactose, fructose)

Question 7

disaccharide

Answer 7

2 monosaccharides together
maltose (2sugar units)
formed via dehydrolysis

Question 8

how is sucrose formed

Answer 8

1 glucose + 1 fructose
formed via dehydrolysis

Question 9

how is lactose formed

Answer 9

1 glucose + 1galactose
formed via dehydrolysis

Question 10

what is dehydrolysis

Answer 10

water molecules formed from 2 monosaccharides

Question 11

molecular formula

Answer 11

C6, H12, O6

Question 12

how are disaccharide bonds broken

Answer 12

hydrolysis (water molecules used to break bonds)
opposite of dehydrolysis

Question 13

polysaccharide

Answer 13

carbohydrates formed with many monosaccharide subunits

Question 14

amylose

Answer 14

1000 or more glucose units
not branched units

Question 15

amylopectin

Answer 15

1000-6000 glucose subunits
branched units