Carbon Compounds - Variation of Polysaccharides

Question 1

polysaccharides

Answer 1

• a group or a long chain of single carbohydrate units (monomers) called monosaccarides

Question 2

starch

Answer 2

• polysaccharides of glucose monomers

- long term energy storage for plants

Question 3

glycogen

Answer 3

• polysaccharides of glucose
• sometimes referred to as animal starch
• store in liver and muscle cells for when energy is needed
• short term energy storage in reference to fats

Question 4

cellulose

Answer 4

• most abundant organic compound on Earth
• main component of wood and paper, rigidity of plants found in cell walls
• most animals do not digest cellulose, insoluble fiber, herbivores with specialized digestive system to break it down

Question 5

chitin

Answer 5

• used by crustaceans and insects to construct the exoskeleton
• found in cell walls of fungi