Carbohydrates

Question 1

What is a single monomer called in a carboydrate?

Answer 1

Monosaccharide

Question 2

What are the two monosaccharides called?

Answer 2

Glucose and sucrose

Question 3

What is the group called that has one oxygen covalently bonded to a hydrogen?

Answer 3

Hydroxyl group

Question 4

Are monosaccharides polar or nonpolar and why?

Answer 4

They are hydrophilic because they contain a lot of hydroxyl groups which are usually polor

Question 5

How is a disaccharide formed? And what are three examples of disaccharides?

Answer 5

When two monosaccharides are joined together. Lactose, maltose and sucrose.

Question 6

What does a glucose attached to a galactose form?

Answer 6

Lactose

Question 7

What does a glucose attached to a glucose form?

Answer 7

Maltose

Question 8

What does a monosaccharide glucose attached to a monosaccharide fructose form?

Answer 8

Sucrose

Question 9

How is a polysaccharide formed?

Answer 9

When multiple monomers are joined together to make a polymer.

Question 10

What are the three polysaccharides?

Answer 10

Starch, cellulose and glycogen

Question 11

What macromolecule is produced by plants to store excess glucose?

Answer 11

Starch

Question 12

What macromolecule is produced by humans/animals to store excess glucose?

Answer 12

Glycogen

Question 13

Where is cellulose found

Answer 13

Plant walls