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1
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What elements do carbohydrates contain?

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

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What is the ratio of carbon: hydrogen: oxygen?

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1:2:1

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What are the types of carbohydrates?

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Monosaccharides and polysaccharides

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What are the properties of monosaccharides?

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  • sweet tasting
  • soluble in water
  • metabolised in respiration to release energy
  • osmotically active
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What is a monosaccharide?

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Simplest unit of carbohydrates that can be joined together to form a polysaccharide

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What is a monomer?

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The simplest unit or the repeating unit of a polymer

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7
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What are 3 carbon monosaccharides called?

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Triose

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What are 4 carbon monosaccharides called?

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Tetrose

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What are 5 carbon monosaccharides called?

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Pentose

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10
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What are 6 carbon monosaccharides called?

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Hexose

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What is an example of a function of triose?

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Glyceraldehyde in glycolysis a stage of respiration

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What is an example of a function of Pentose?

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Ribose/deoxyribose sugars making up part of the RNA/DNA molecules

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What is an example of a function of hexose?

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Alpha glucose and beta glucose makes storage/structural molecules also fructose and galactose

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What is the difference between the structure of alpha glucose and beta glucose?

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In alpha glucose in c1, hydrogen is bonded above hydroxide whereas in beta glucose, hydrogen is bonded below hydroxide

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What are isomers?

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Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structural formula

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16
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What are the monomer hexose isomers?

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  • Alpha glucose
  • beta glucose
  • galactose
  • fructose
17
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What is a polymer?

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A compound made up of several repeating units of monomers

18
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What is a polysaccharide?

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Repeating units of more than 10 monosaccharides

19
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What is the reaction to form polysaccharides?

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Condensation

20
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What is the bonds to make polysaccharides?

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Covalent

21
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What is a condensation reaction?

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Reaction that releases a molecule of water when joining monomers

22
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What is an example of of condensation reaction in carbohydrates?

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Glycogenesis- formation of glycogen from glucose

23
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What is 2 monomers bonded together called?

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Dimer

24
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Why is hydrolysis reaction?

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Breaking down a compound with the addition of water

25
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What is an example of hydrolysis in carbohydrates?

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Glycogenolysis- breakdown of glycogen into glucose

26
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Why are the properties of polysaccharides?

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  • may be linear or branched
  • insoluble/colloidal (osmotically inactive)
  • not sweet tasting
  • energy storage/ structural functions
27
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What are 3 example of polysaccharides?

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  • glycogen
  • starch
  • cellulose
28
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What are the properties of glycogen?

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  • heavily branched
  • storage product in animals
  • made of alpha glucose molecules linked by glycosidic bonds
29
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What are the properties of starch?

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  • storage product in plants
  • made of alpha glucose molecule linked by glycosidic bonds
  • 2 components; amylose and amylopectin
30
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Is amylose branched?

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No

31
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Is amylopectin branched?

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Yes

32
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What are the properties of cellulose?

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  • structural molecule in plants
  • alternating isomers allowing cross linking between chains forming microfibrils

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