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CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards

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1
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What are carbohydrates made up of? (5)

A

Are made up of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon.
Some also contain phosphorus and nitrogen.

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What are monosaccharides? (5)

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Are known as simple sugars and are the following:
Hexose sugars:
-glucose
-galactose
-Fructose
But can also be pentose sugars:
-ribose
-deoxyribose

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What are disaccharides?

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Are known as simple sugars and are the following:
-sucrose
-lactose
-maltose

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What monosaccharides make up the disaccharide sucrose? (2)

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Glucose and fructose.

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What monosaccharides make up the disaccharide lactose? (2)

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Glucose and galactose.

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What monosaccharides make up the disaccharide maltose? (2)

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Glucose and another glucose.

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What are polysaccharides?

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Are made up of 3 or more monosaccharides.

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8
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What are the polysaccharides? (3)

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-starch
-glycogen
-cellulose

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9
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Where is starch found?(1)

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Is a fuel store in plants and animals

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What is the function of glycogen? (1)

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A fuel store in animals.

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What is the function of cellulose? (1)

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Is a major component of plant cel walls.

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What is the formula for glucose?(1)

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C6H1206

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What are isomers? (1)

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Tow or more different structural formulae of the same molecular formula.

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What are the isomers of glucose? (2)

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A-glucose and b-glucose.

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What is a polysaccharide known as?(1)

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A complex carbohydrate.

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16
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What is OH known as in biology? (1)

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A hydroxyl group.

17
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What is meant by a hexose sugar?(1)

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It has 6 carbons in its structure.

18
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How does fructose differentiate from glucose? (1)

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It has 5 sides in its structural ring but still has 6 carbons.

19
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What are the properties of fructose? (3)

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Is known as a fruit sugar, is soluble and is the main sugar in fruits and nectar.

20
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How does galactose differentiate from glucose? (1)

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On its C-6 it has the hydroxyl group flipped by 180 degrees.

21
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What is the function of galactose? (2)

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Important in the production of glycolipids and glycoproteins

22
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What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose?(1)

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Deoxyribose,on its C-2 has no oxygen bonded with the hydrogen like on ribose.

23
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What is the reverse of a condensation reaction? (1)

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A hydrolysis reaction.

24
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What is starch made of? (2)

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Two polysaccharides which are amylose and amylopectin which are bonded together by 1-4 glycosidic bonds.

25
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What is the structure of amylose?(1)

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Forms a helical coiled structure

26
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What are the properties of amylose? (2)

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Is insoluble

Is compact because of coils.

27
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What is the function of amylose? (1)

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Stored in starch grains in animal cells.

28
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What is the structure of amylopectin? (2)

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Contains many 1-4 glycosidic bonds but also contain 1-6 glycosidic bonds because it branches out

29
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What are the properties of amylopectin?(3)

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Is insoluble,compact-able but not as much as amylase and can be broken down quickly because of branches.

30
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What do animals store for energy?(1)

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Do not store carbohydrates but as glycogen, which has a similar structure as amylopectin but has more branches.

31
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Where is glycogen stored? (2)

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Liver and muscle cells.

32
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What is the structure of cellulose?(2)

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Contains some glycosidic bonds but because in order to make a glycosidic bond two hydroxyl groups must be next to each other, every other glucose molecule is flipped upside down to form a beta (1-4) glycosidic bond.

33
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What is the function of cellulose? (2)

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Prevents plant cells from bursting an gives it shape.

34
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What is lactose known as?(1)

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A milk sugar.

35
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What is sucrose known as?(1)

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Table sugar

36
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What is

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37
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What is maltose known as? (1)

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Malt sugar

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