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Carbohydrates Flashcards

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1
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What elements are in carbohydrates

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  • Carbon
  • Hyrdrogen
  • Oxygen
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What type of energy release do long chains of carbohydrates have? (Give examples)

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Slow energy release

  • Potato
  • Rice
  • Pasta
  • Bread
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What type of energy release do short chains of carbohydrates have? (Give examples)

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Faster energy release

  • Fizzy drink
  • Sweets
  • Chocolate
  • Sugar
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4
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What types of carbohydrates are sugars?

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Monomers & Dimmers

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Name 3 monosaccharides

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Glucose
Fructose
Ribose

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Name 3 disaccharides

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Sucrose
Maltose
Lactose

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7
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Name 3 polysaccharies

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Glycogen
Starch
Cellulose

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What is the general formula?

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Cn H2n On

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9
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What does the carbon 1 of a alpha glucose look it?

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H
  I
  I
  I
OH
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What does the carbon 1 of a beta glucose look it?

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OH
  I
  I
  I
 H
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11
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Properties of monosaccharides?

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White, crystaline solid, sweet tasting and soluble in water

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What is the functions of monosaccharies?

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  • Glucose is an important starting material for more complicated carbohydrates.
  • Fructose is the sugar found in fruits.
  • Ribose and deoxyribose (pentoses) are part of nucleotides e.g. RNA and ATP.
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What type of bond joins two monosaccharides to make a disaccharide?

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Glycosidic bond

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What type of reaction occurs to form a disaccharide from monosaccharide?

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Condensation reaction (removal of water)

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What type of reaction occurs to form monosaccharides from a disaccharide?

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Hydrolysis reaction (addition of water)

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16
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What are some disaccharides word equations?

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Glucose + Glucose = Maltose + Water
Glulose + Frucose = Sucrose + Water
Glucose + Galactose = Lactose + Water

17
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What is another name for polymers?

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Polysaccharides - which are large complex molecules

18
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What is the name of the process of bonding many monomers by condensation reactions?

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Polymerisation

19
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What is a monomer?

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Individual monosaccharides which joins to form polysaccharides.

20
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What type of reaction is polymerisation?

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Condensation reaction

21
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What type of reaction is the breakdown of polymers (polysaccharides)?

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Hydrolysis

22
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Describe the structure of cellulose?

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  • Alternate beta glucose molecules bonding upside down
  • No branches
  • Striaght-chain molecule
23
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What are the properties of cellulose?

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Make hydrogen bonds with eachother forming microfibrils.

  • these join together forming macrofils.
  • these then combine to make fibres.
  • These fibres are strong and insoluble.
24
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What is the function of cellulose?

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As it is insoluble, it is used to make cell walls.

- It is also important part of our diet: hard to break down therefore form fibre - helps in digestive system.

25
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What is the structure of starch?

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Two parts: amylose and amylopectin
Amylose - long chain of alpha glucose monomers - bonding between carbon 1 and 4. No branching occurs (straight chain)

Amylopectin - long chain of alpha glucose monomers - bonding between carbon 1 and 4; carbon 1 and carbon 6 (every 25 subunits). Branching occurs

Glycosidic bonding occurs between alpha glucoses

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Properties of Starch

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Amylose: Compact, less soluble, coiled spiral shape (forming helix)
Amylopectin: Branched, compact, insoluble (glucose molecules at end of branches easily removed via hydrolysis)

27
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Function of starch

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  • Chemical store of energy in plants (as it doesn’t take up much space)
  • Grains in the chloroplast
  • Grains in the nucleus
  • Lysosomes in the chloroplast
28
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Structure of Glycogen?

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Bonding between Carbon 1 and 4, Carbon 1 and 6 (every 10 subunits)
Alpha glucose molecules

29
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Properties of Glycogen

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  • More branches than amylopectin, meaning it’s more compact.

- Glucose molecules easily removed, due to branching

30
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Function of Glycogen

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  • Energy store in animals & fungi
  • Animals are mobile, unlike plants, therefore helpful that glycogen is more compact.
  • glycogen found in liver, muscle and kidney cells.

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