Carbonhydrates

Question 1

What are carbohydrates composed of and whats their function?

Answer 1

Composed of; C,H,O

Function; Fast energy , energy storage etc

Question 3

Monosaccharides

Answer 3

-Simple 1 monomer sugars
-Glucose

Question 4

Disaccharides

Answer 4

-2 monomers
- sucrose

Question 5

Polysaccharides

Answer 5

• large polymers
  -starch

Question 7

Glucose+glucose

Answer 7

Maltose ( glycosidic linkage )

Question 8

Glucose+ fructose

Answer 8

Sucrose

Question 9

Polysaccharides

Answer 9

-Polymers of sugars
- costs little energy to build
- easily reversible= release energy

Function;
Energy storage
- starch(plant)
-glycogen(animals)
In liver and muscles

Structure
-cellulose (plants)
-Chitin(arthropods and fungu)

Question 10

Slow release

Answer 10

Starch(plant)

Question 11

Glycogen (animal)

Answer 11

Fast release

Question 13

Starch

Answer 13

Easy to digest

Question 14

Cellulose

Answer 14

Hard to digest

Question 16

Cow

Answer 16

Cow can digest cellulose well no need to eat other sugars

Question 17

Gorilla

Answer 17

Can’t digest cellulose well must add another sugar source like fruit to diet

Question 18

How can herbivores digest cellulose well?

Answer 18

Bacteria live in their digestive systems and help digest cellulose-rich ( grass) meals