1.3 - Carbohydrates

Question 1

Isomers

Answer 1

molecules with the same chemical formula but different atomic arrangement

Question 2

Monosaccharides

Answer 2

monomers and simple sugars

Question 3

Disaccharides

Answer 3

two monosaccharides linked together by covalent bonds

Question 4

Oligosaccharides

Answer 4

3-20 monosaccharides

Question 5

Polysaccharides

Answer 5

polymers made up of hundreds or thousand of monosaccharides (starch, glycogen, cellulose)

Question 6

glycosidic bonds

Answer 6

bonds together two monosaccharide unit to create a disaccharide
either alpha (below) or beta (above)

Question 7

starch

Answer 7

branched polysaccharide of glucose with alpha glycosidic bonds
energy storage for plants
moderately branched
water soluble

Question 8

glycogen

Answer 8

branched polysaccharide of glucose with alpha glycosidic bonds
energy storage for animals
highly branched
water insoluble

Question 9

cellulose

Answer 9

linear polymer of glucose with beta glycosidic bonds
excellent structure material
found in plant cell walls

Question 10

chitin

Answer 10

structural polysaccharide found in the cells walls of fungi and the external skeletons of insects