Food Flashcards
(23 cards)
What are the five mineral elements dissolved in salts
Sodium, chlorine, calcium, magnesium, potassium
What are the 3 trace elements
Copper, iron, zinc
What are the four biomolecules
LCVP
What is the chemical formula of carbohydrates
Cx(H2O)y
What is a monosaccharide
A single sugar unit
Name two monosaccharides
Glucose and fructose
Name two disaccharides
Sucrose and maltose
How is sucrose composed
Glucose and fructose
How is maltose composed
Glucose and glucose
Name a polysaccharide and what it does
Starch stores sugar in plants
Name another polysaccharide and its function
Cellulose is a structural carbohydrate in the cell wall of plants
Name another polysaccharide and what it does
Glycogen is a storage carbohydrate
What are fats made up of
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen
What is a tryglyceride
Glycerol and three fatty acids
What is a phospholipid
Fatty substances in which a amino acid is replaced by a phosphate group
A peptide is made up of…
Less than 20 amino acids
A polypeptide is made up of…
More than 20 amino acids
A protein is a long…
Polypeptide
What is an anabolic reaction
Small to large
What is a catabolic reaction
Complex to small
Name an example for an anabolic reaction
Photosynthesis
Name an example for a catabolic reaction
Respiration
What are the six main elements in food
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur
