5.0 Carbohydrates

Question 1

what is a monosaccharide? name two types of sugars it includes. (think ones that end with ose)

Answer 1

the simlest form of sugar that cant be hydrolised further. inlcudes glucose and fructose

Question 2

what is a disaccharide? name two types of sugars it is

Answer 2

two monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic linkage (covalent bond by dehydration reaction). such as maltose (malt sugar in beer) and sucralose

Question 3

what is a polysaccaride?

Answer 3

polymers with hundred or thousands of monosaccardies joined by glycosidc linkages (covalent bonds through dehydration reaction).

Question 4

what is the use of a polysaccaride? name two (think what sugar does for people)

Answer 4

storage for cell energy

building material that protect the cell/organism

Question 5

what is a storage polysachharide? also what are the types of energy stored in plants and animals

Answer 5

its energy stored for later use in plants and animals. Plants store startch (chloroplasts)

animals store glycogen

Question 6

what is celluose? hint something to do with glucose and plants

Answer 6

a polysaccaride that encloses plant walls in palnts. a polymer of glucose