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what are carbohydrates made up of

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Carbohydrates are made up of one or more monomers called monosaccharides

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3 Classes, 2 types of carbs

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Simple carbs
“sugars”
- Monosaccharide
- Disaccharide
Complex carbs(Starch ,Glycogen, Fiber)
- Polysaccharide
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examples of Monosaccharide, Disaccharide, Polysaccharide?

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Monosaccharide
-Glucose
-Fructose
Disaccharide
-Lactose
-Sucrose
Polysaccharide (used for energy storage)
-Glycogen (animals)
-Starch (plants)
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Functions of carbohydrates

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  1. ENERGY
  2. 1 Immediate energy. Cells use mainly glucose to make ATP: in prokaryotes & eukaryotes (neurons ♥ Carbs)

1.2 Energy STORAGE
Excess glucose stored as a polysaccharide: starch (plants) or glycogen (prokaryotes, animals, fungus)

  1. STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
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what do cells mainly use to make atp?

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glucose

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what is the excess glucose stored as?

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Excess glucose stored as a polysaccharide: starch (plants) or glycogen (prokaryotes, animals, fungus)

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What cells do with saccharides

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mono: Can be used to make ATP
Can be bonded together to make di/polysaccharides

di: Can be digested to monosaccharides or bonded together to make polysaccharides

poly: Can be used as a source of
stored energy or for structural support.
Can be digested to disaccharides, then monosaccharides as needed

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what are Photoautotrophs

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Photoautotrophs make monosaccharides through photosynthesis
Include plants, photosynthetic protists, & Cyanobacteria
They make disaccharides & polysaccharides (starch & cellulose) by joining monosaccharides together… they don’t consume polysaccharides

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what are Heterotrophs

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Heterotrophs consume monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
Include most bacteria, all animals, all fungi, many protists
Can join monosaccharides to form disaccharides & polysaccharides (glycogen or starch, depending on the organism).

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what organelle uses glucose to make atp with cellular respiration? (immediate energy)

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mitochondria

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through what process is atp made

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cellular respiration

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what is the cellular respiration

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C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + ADP + Pi → 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + ATP + Heat energy

glucose + oxygen –> atp + co2 + heat

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what are the 2 ways to process glucose

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  • used by mitochondria to make atp (cell.resp)

- fermentation

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Excess glucose stored as …?

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starch or glycogen

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when needed, starch or glycogen can break down into ..?

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glucose monomers

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what are the two types of STRUCTURAL SUPPORT

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cellulose (glucose monomers bonded together)

chitin (glucose + other molecules)

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what is cellulose

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Structural support

Cellulose (glucose monomers bonded together)
Plant cell wall made mainly of cellulose

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what is chitin

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structural support

Chitin (glucose + other molecules)
Exoskeletons (lobsters, crabs, insects…) & cell wall of fungus

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3 different polymers of glucose?

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starch (Granules in plants)
glycogen (Liver, muscle)
cellulose (Plant cell wall made mainly of cellulose)

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what dietary fiber we cannot digest

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cellulose, we don’t have enzymes to brake this Fiber.

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Dietary fiber (polysaccharides) partially broken down by some microbes to..?

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Bacteria in digestive systems of herbivores (cows, sheep: eat grass) & humans
Protists in termites (eat wood)
Fungi in the env’t

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another function of simple carbs?

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Carbs are also components (parts) of other molecules. DNA, RNA, glycolipids, glycoproteins, ATP

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what does determine the blood type

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Glycolipids

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what hormones are used for Regulating blood sugar levels in animals

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Produce hormones: insulin & glucagon

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where do hormones of insulin & glucagon get produced?
Vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles & amphibians) make these in a PANCREAS Invertebrates: those that have blood (mulluscs, worms…), have CELLS that produce the hormones (no pancreas though)
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what is insulin
Insulin (hormone) released when blood sugar (glucose) is high: causes a drop in blood glucose
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what is glucagon
Glucagon (hormone) released when blood sugar low or in response to (sympathetic) nervous system causes an increase in blood glucose
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are lipids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Since mostly C,H mostly hydrophobic | they don’t dissolve in water
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3 Types of Lipids
1. Fats: cis & trans 2. Phospholipids 3. Steroids: sterols & steroid hormones
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function of fats?
1. 2x more ENERGY/gram than carbs | 2. insulates & protects internal organs
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what is a fat made up of
``` 1 fat (triglyceride) = 1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids Requires 3 dehydration synthesis reactions ```
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Fatty acids can differ in ..?
1. Length of their carbon chain 2. Level of saturation Saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated Affects the SHAPE of the fatty acid: straight vs bent
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what are Saturated fatty acids
have hydrogen atoms surrounding every carbon in the chain; they have NO DOUBLE BONDS (have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible)
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what are MONOunsaturated fatty acids
1 double bond b/w carbons (lack hydrogen atoms in 1 region) | each double bond in the fa causes a bend in the fa
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what are POLYunsaturated fatty acids
2 or more double bonds b/w carbons (lack hydrogen atoms in 2 or more regions) each double bond in the fa causes a bend in the fa
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types of UNSATURATED FA and their diff?
Cis FA: H on the ___SAME_ side of double bond | Trans FA: H on the _DIFFERENT___ side of double bond
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what is Hydrogenation
Hydrogenation: add hydrogen Process developed to increase the shelf life (fat doesn’t get oxidized) Not healthy
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which one of trans/cis fats is better?
cis! Trans fats: ↑ "bad cholesterol” (LDL) & ↓ "good cholesterol (HDL) & when incorporated into cell membranes (recall phospholipids), can cause them to become malformed
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what are Phospholipids made up of
2 molecules of fatty acids: hydrophobic (tails) 1 glycerol molecule: hydrophilic (head) 1 phosphate molecule: hydrophilic (head)
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Cell membrane is made of ?
phospholipids
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what are Steroids
Lipids containing multiple rings of carbon atoms
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what are bile acids
Bile acids are sterols made in the liver
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... is a precursor to bile acids
cholesterol is a precursor to bile acids
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what do steroid hormones do
Increase muscle mass & strength.
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Steroid hormones ?
Estrogen (female) TESTOSTERONE (male) VITAMIN D (sunshine)
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sterols made by liver
CHOLESTEROL-Minor component of animal cell membranes BILE ACIDS -Important for digestion of fat
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In the formation of a disaccharide, the bond between the 2 monosaccharides is formed by the removal of:
a hydroxyl group (OH) from one of the monosaccharides and a hydrogen atom from one of the monosaccharides (gives water)
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sex hormones are examples of?
lipids, more specifically, steroids
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the formation of peptide bond involves the formation of
water molecule
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a "saturated fat" molecule contains
only single bonds between the carbon atoms in the fatty acid chains
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are The fatty acid tails of a phospholipid hydrophilic or hydrophobic? why
hydrophobic; have no charges to which water molecules can adhere
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which is better? saturated or unsaturated fats?
unsaturated, because they increase HDL while saturated increase LDL
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diff between glucose and glycogen?
Glucose is the sugar in our bloodstream that our body uses for energy. Glycogen is a stored form of energy.
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how many monomers are in starch?
one, only glucose
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carbs of blood sugar?
glucose
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what is a sugar
monosaccharide or disaccharide (simple carbs)
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what is a fatty acid
long chain of organic acid where the hydrocarbon chain is either saturated or not.
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what is a phospholipid
two fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol

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