Biological molecules

Question 1

What is a monosaccharide?

Answer 1

Simple sugars made up of a single ring of carbon atoms

Question 2

What is a disaccharide?

Answer 2

simple sugars made up of two rings of carbon atoms

Question 3

What is a polysaccharide?

Answer 3

complex sugars made up of hundreds of monosaccharides

Question 4

What is the carbohydrate transported in mammalian blood, and is the sugar broken down in respiration?

Answer 4

Glucose

Question 5

What is fructose found in?

Answer 5

fruit and nectar, attracting insects to flowers

Question 6

What is sucrose used for?

Answer 6

it’s the form of carbohydrate transported in plants and used in cooking

Question 7

what is sucrose made of?

Answer 7

a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule linked together

Question 8

what is maltose made of?

Answer 8

two glucose molecules linked together

Question 9

how is maltose formed?

Answer 9

its formed from starch when seeds germinate

Question 10

what is the symbol equation of glucose?

Answer 10

C6 H12 O6

Question 11

are polysaccharides soluble in water?

Answer 11

no, theyre insoluble

Question 12

what breaks down protein?

Answer 12

protease

Question 13

what is protein broken down into?

Answer 13

amino acids

Question 14

what breaks down starch?

Answer 14

amylase

Question 15

what is starch broken down into?

Answer 15

glucose

Question 16

what breaks down lipids?

Answer 16

lipase

Question 17

what are lipids broken down into?

Answer 17

fatty acids and glycerol