Carbohydrates

Question 1

carbohydrates

What are the two kinds of sugars?

2

Answer 1

1. Monosaccharides
2. Disaccharides

Question 2

carbohydrates

[] are the building blocks of carbohydrates

1

Answer 2

1. Monosaccharides

Question 3

carbs: monosacc. and their uses

What are the five main monosaccharides?

5

Answer 3

1. Glucose
2. Fructose
3. Deoxyribose
4. Ribose
5. Galactose

Order doesn’t matter

Question 4

carbs: monosacc. and their uses

Glucose

what its used for and how its made

Answer 4

1. Used as a building block for polysaccharides like starch
2. Broken down in mitochondria during aerobic cell respiration

Question 5

carbs: monosacc. and their uses

Deoxyribose

use

single answer

Answer 5

It is a component of DNA

Question 6

carbs: monosacc. and their uses

Fructose

use

single answer

Answer 6

Used to sweeten fruits so animals eat them and disperse the seeds

Question 7

carbs: monosacc. and their uses

Ribose

use

single answer

Answer 7

Component of RNA and ATP

Question 8

carbohydrates: disaccharides

What are the three disaccharides?

3

Answer 8

1. Sucrose
2. Maltose
3. Lactose

Question 9

carbohydrates: disaccharides

What are the three disaccharides’ subunits?

Sucrose, maltose, lactose

3

Answer 9

1. glucose + fructose
2. glucose + glucose
3. glucose + galactose