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Monosaccharides & Disaccharides Flashcards

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Monomer

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a small molecule that is a single unit of a larger molecule called a polymer

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Tetrahedral shape

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carbon atoms form this 3d shape as they have the ability to create 4 bonds with different atoms. This means carbon compounds can be rings, branched chains, or any number of 3D shapes

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Polymer

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a long-chain molecule made up of many smaller, repeating monomer units joined together by chemical bonds

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Macromolecule

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a very large molecule formed by polymerisation

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starch

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a long-chain polymer formed of glucose monomers

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Sucrose

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a sweet-tasting disaccharide formed by the joining of glucose and fructose by a 1,4 glycosidic bond

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Glucose

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a hexose sugar (sugar that’s made up of 6 carbons)

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Monosaccharide

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a single sugar monomer

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Disaccharide

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a sugar made up of two monosaccharides units joined by a glycosidic bond, formed in a condensation reaction

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Polysaccharide

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a polymer consisting of long chains of monosaccharides units joined by glycosidic bonds

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triose sugar

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a sugar with three carbon atoms

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pentose sugar

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a sugar with five carbon atoms

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ribose

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a pentose sugar that is part of the structure of RNA

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Deoxyribose

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a pentose sugar that is part of the structure of DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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a nucleic acid that is the genetic material in many organisms

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ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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a nucleic acid which is the genetic material in some organisms and is involved in protein synthesis

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hexose sugar

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a sugar with six carbon atoms

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isomers

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molecules that have the same chemical formula, but different molecular structures

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condensation reaction

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a reaction in which a molecule of water is removed from reacting molecules as a bond is formed between them

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glycosidic bond

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a bond formed between two monosaccharides in a condensation reaction, which can be broken down by a hydrolysis reaction to release the monosaccharide units

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reducing sugars

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sugars that react with blue Benedict’s solution and reduce the copper (II) ions to copper (I) ions, giving an orangey-red precipitate

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non-reducing sugars

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sugars that do not react with Benedict’s solution

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