Macronutrients

Question 1

Are compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen arranged as mono or multiple monosaccharides.

Answer 1

Carbohydrates

Question 2

Are the simplest form of carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolyzed into simpler compounds.

Answer 2

Monosaccharides

Question 3

The body’s major fuel to provide enrgy.

Answer 3

Glucose

Question 4

Formed in the body from starch digestion.

Answer 4

Glucose

Question 5

Found in dextrose, grape sugar, and corn.

Answer 5

Glucose

Question 6

Fruit sugar; sweetest simple sugars

Answer 6

Fructose

Question 7

Milk sugar

Answer 7

Galactose

Question 8

Synthesized in mammary glands

Answer 8

Galactose

Question 9

Not found in free state nature

Answer 9

Galactose

Question 10

Refer to two monosaccharides linked together by glycosidic bonds.

Answer 10

Disaccharides

Question 11

Also known as table sugar.Consists of 1 molecule of glucose and 1 molecule of fructose.

Answer 11

Sucrose

Question 12

Found in sugarcane, molasses, pineapple, and carrots.

Answer 12

Sucrose

Question 13

Also known as Milk sugar. Made of 1 molecule of glucose and 1 molecule of galactose.

Answer 13

Lactose

Question 14

Also known as malt sugar. composed of 2 molecules of glucose.

Answer 14

Maltose

Question 15

Found in seeds and other parts of plants.

Answer 15

Maltose

Question 16

Are made of less than 15 monosaccharide units.

Answer 16

Oligosaccharides

Question 17

Used for constipation, diarrhea, and high cholesterol levels.

Answer 17

Oligosaccharides

Question 18

Refers to complex carbohydrates with more than 15 monosaccharide units.

Answer 18

Polysaccharide

Question 19

Yields glucose upon hydrolysis and is made up of two chief portion namely amylose and amylopectin.

Answer 19

Starch

Question 20

Straight chained and soluble components.

Answer 20

Amylose

Question 21

Refers to the branched orderly and crystalline portion.

Answer 21

Amylopectin

Question 22

Are highly branched, tree-like structured animal polysaccharide.

Answer 22

Glycogens

Question 23

They are formed in the body from glucose and are stored in the liver and muscle.

Answer 23

Glycogens

Question 24

Are intermediate products of starch digestion and are more soluble and shorter than glucose units.

Answer 24

Dextrins

Question 25

Refers to the indigestible polysaccharide that is resistant to the digestive enzymes of man and contributes bulk to the diet.

Answer 25

Cellulose

Question 26

Refers to the insoluble or soluble polysaccharides of various monosaccharides with branching chains.

Answer 26

Hemicellulose

Question 27

Pertain to indigestible but soluble fiber that highly absorbs water.

Answer 27

Pectins

Question 28

Are tough nonpolysaccharide fibers.

Answer 28

Lignins

Question 29

Refer to noncellulose polysaccharide found in seeds.

Answer 29

Gums and Mucilages

Question 30

Are polysaccharide found in seaweeds and algae.

Answer 30

Algal polysaccharides