Name a monosaccharide
Glucose and fructose
Role of monosaccharides
Energy
When two monosaccharides unite they form a
Disaccharide
Test for named polysaccharide
Test for starch
Name the reagent used to test for a reducing sugar
Benedict’s
State one way in which carbohydrates differ from fats
Carbohydrates are part of monosaccharides where as gags are esters of fatty acids and glycerols
Test for protein
Buiret solution
Test for reducing sugar
Benedict’s reagent
What are fats composed of
Fatty acids and glycerols
Saprophytic nutrition
Organisms that obtain their food from dead decaying organic matter of dead plants and animals
One role of cellulose
Makes plants stems