Carboydates Flashcards
What are carbohydrates
Quick energy molecules
What are carbs composed of
Carbon (C) Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (0)
What’s the 4 functions of carbohydrates
Fast energy, raw materials, energy storage, and structural materials
Most names for sugars end in…
-ose
What’s a monosaccharide
Simple one monomer sugar aka glucose
Disaccharide
2 monomers aka sucrose aka table sugar
Polysaccharide
Large polymer aka starch aka potatoes
How are sugars built?
Dehydration synthesis
What is dehydration synthesis
When in a chemical reaction a water molecule is disposed of/expended
What’s polysaccharide broken down
Poly-many saccharide- sugar
Function of polysaccharides
Energy storage such as starch in plants and glycogen in animals
Another function of polysaccharides
Structure cellulose in plants chitin in orthopedist and fungi
STRUCTURE DETERMINES-
FUNCTION
Cellulose cant be eaten by - because of -
Carnivores because they cant digest cellulose and it’s undigestable roughage
Cellulose can be eaten by - because of -
Herbivores because they can digest cellulose