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1
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What are carbohydrates

A

Quick energy molecules

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2
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What are carbs composed of

A

Carbon (C) Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (0)

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3
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What’s the 4 functions of carbohydrates

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Fast energy, raw materials, energy storage, and structural materials

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4
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Most names for sugars end in…

A

-ose

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5
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What’s a monosaccharide

A

Simple one monomer sugar aka glucose

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6
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Disaccharide

A

2 monomers aka sucrose aka table sugar

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7
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Polysaccharide

A

Large polymer aka starch aka potatoes

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8
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How are sugars built?

A

Dehydration synthesis

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9
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What is dehydration synthesis

A

When in a chemical reaction a water molecule is disposed of/expended

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10
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What’s polysaccharide broken down

A

Poly-many saccharide- sugar

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11
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Function of polysaccharides

A

Energy storage such as starch in plants and glycogen in animals

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12
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Another function of polysaccharides

A

Structure cellulose in plants chitin in orthopedist and fungi

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13
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STRUCTURE DETERMINES-

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FUNCTION

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14
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Cellulose cant be eaten by - because of -

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Carnivores because they cant digest cellulose and it’s undigestable roughage

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15
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Cellulose can be eaten by - because of -

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Herbivores because they can digest cellulose

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16
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Why can herbivores eat cellulose

A

Bacteria!