3.1.2 Carbohydrates

Question 1

What are Carbohydrates made up of?

Answer 1

Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen

Question 2

What’s the most simple type of carbohydrate?

Answer 2

A Monosaccharide

Question 3

What are Monosaccharides?

Answer 3

Simple Sugars

Question 4

Give 3 common examples of Monosaccharides

Answer 4

Glucose, Galactose and Fructose

Question 5

Where is Galactose found?

Answer 5

Milk

Question 6

What type of sugar is glucose?

Answer 6

Hexose

Question 7

What does glucose create during cellular respiration?

Answer 7

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

Question 8

What does ATP stand for?

Answer 8

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 9

What ‘I’ are alpha and beta glucose?

Answer 9

Isomer

Question 10

What is an isomer?

Answer 10

isomers have the same molecular formula but a different arrangement of atoms in space.

Question 11

What is the difference between alpha and beta glucose?

Answer 11

It’s hydroxyl group around C1
is inverted

Question 12

Why is Glucose useful

Answer 12

It’s soluble and stores lots of energy

Question 13

Glucose + Glucose → ?

Answer 13

Maltose

Question 14

Glucose + Fructose → ?

Answer 14

Sucrose

Question 15

Glucose + Galactose → ?

Answer 15

Lactose

Question 16

Where is Sucrose found?

Answer 16

Table Sugar

Question 17

Where is Lactose found?

Answer 17

Milk

Question 18

What are maltose, sucrose and lactose examples of?

Answer 18

Disaccharides

Question 19

What are are polysaccharides?

Answer 19

3 or more monosaccharides

Question 20

What type of bonds hold polysaccharides together?

Answer 20

Glycosidic

Question 21

What are some examples of polysaccharides?

Answer 21

Starch, Glycogen and Cellulose`

Question 22

What’s the general formula of Monosaccharides?

Answer 22

(CH2O)n where ‘n’ can be any number from 3 to 7

Question 23

How many Carbons do Pentose sugars have?

Answer 23

5

Question 24

How many Carbons do hexose sugars have?

Answer 24

6