Chapter 7- Carbohydrates

Question 1

Carbohydrates

Answer 1

biomolecules, organic substances closely associated with living organisms

Question 2

Organic substances closely associated with living organisms are

Answer 2

Carbohydrates

Question 3

biochemistry

Answer 3

the study of the chemistry of living organisms

Question 4

the area of chemistry which deals with living organisms is

Answer 4

biochemistry

Question 5

carbohydrates are defined as:

Answer 5

polyhydroxy (-OH) aldehydes or ketones or substances that yield such compounds upon hydrolysis

Question 6

Carbohydrates may contain an aldehyde or ketone functional group and several ___________ groups

Answer 6

-OH

Question 7

Monosaccharides consist of

Answer 7

a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone

Question 8

carbohydrates with a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone unit are called

Answer 8

monosaccharide

Question 9

Disaccharides are

Answer 9

carbohydrates composed of two monosaccharide units linked together

Question 10

A carbohydrate containing two monosaccharide units is called

Answer 10

Disacharide

Question 11

Polysaccharides consist of very long chains of linked

Answer 11

monosaccharide units

Question 12

A carbohydrate containing many monosaccharide units is called a

Answer 12

polysaccharide

Question 13

What are stereoisomers?

Answer 13

mirror image isomers (enantiomers) have the same molecular and structural formulas but different spatial arrangements of their atoms

Question 14

Stereoisomers that are mirror images are called_________

Answer 14

enantiomers