Ch 5 Macromolecules

Question 1

What is a polymer?

Answer 1

Long chain of monomers

Question 2

How do you build a polymer?

Answer 2

Dehydration removes a water molecule, allows new bond to form.

Question 3

How do you break down a polymer?

Answer 3

Hydrolysis addes a water molecule, which breaks a bond

Question 4

What are monosaccarides made of?

Answer 4

1C:2H:1O

Question 5

What is a carbohydrate monomer?

Answer 5

Monosaccharides

Question 6

What class carbohydrate?

Answer 6

Monosaccharide

Question 7

What class carbohydrate?

Answer 7

Disaccharides

Question 8

What class carbohydrate?

Answer 8

Polysaccharides

Question 9

What is the function of a monosaccharide?

Answer 9

Energy

Question 10

Monosaccharide Classification

What does Ketose look like?

Answer 10

O double bonded to C and two carbons

Question 11

Monosaccharide Classification

What does Aldose look like?

Answer 11

O double bonded to C single bonded to H and C

Question 12

Monosaccharide Classification

What does Pentose look like?

Answer 12

5 carbons in the spine

Question 13

Monosaccharide Classification

What does hexose look like?

Answer 13

6 carbons in the spine

Question 14

Monosaccharides with 5+ carbons form rings resulting in 2 isomers

Answer 14

alpha anomer

beta anomer

Question 15

Disaccharides are two monosaccharides connected by a _____

Answer 15

Glycocylic linkage

Question 16

Glucose + glucose = _____

Answer 16

maltose

Question 17

Glucose + fructose = ____

Answer 17

Sucrose

Question 18

Glucose + galactose = ____

Answer 18

lactose

Question 19

Two monosaccharides bound together

Answer 19

disaccharaides

Question 20

Many monosaccharides bound together (100’s-1000’s)

Answer 20

Polysaccharides

Question 21

3 Variations of polysaccharides:

Answer 21

Type of monosaccharides

Linear of branched

Made of alpha anomers or beta anomers

Question 22

2 major functions of polysaccharides :

Answer 22

Energy storage

Structure

Question 23

Storage Polysaccharides

Plant storage?

Answer 23

Starch

Question 24

Which anomer is starch made of?

Answer 24

Alpha anomers

Question 25

Branched or unbranched? Amylose

Answer 25

Unbranched

Question 26

Branched or unbranched? Amylopectin

Answer 26

Branched

Question 27

Which anomer is digestable?

Answer 27

Alpha anomer

Question 28

What is the animal storage polysaccharide?

Answer 28

glycogen

Question 29

Where is glycogen stored?

Answer 29

muschle and liver cells

Question 30

What are structural polysaccharides made of?

Answer 30

Beta anomers

Question 31

Are beta anomers digestable?

Answer 31

no

Question 32

What is the main component of cell walls of plants?

Answer 32

Cellulose

Question 33

Main componoent of arthropod exosckeletons and fungal cell walls?

Answer 33

Chitin