Structure And Function

Question 1

Polymer

Answer 1

A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds
Building blocks - monomers

Question 2

Monomer

Answer 2

Small molecules that are the repeated units that serve as building blocks

Question 3

Enzymes

Answer 3

Specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions in cells

Question 4

Dehydration reaction

Answer 4

Monomers are connected by covalent bonds that form through the loss of a water molecule
Removes a water molecule to form a new bond
Energy is required

Question 5

Hydrolysis - hydration reaction

Answer 5

Break down of a polymer
Adds water to break it down
Energy is released
Like digestion

Question 6

Carbohydrates

Answer 6

Include sugars and their polymers

Question 7

Simplest carbohydrates

Answer 7

Monosccharides
Simple sugars

Question 8

Disacharides

Answer 8

Double sugars
Consist of two monosaccharides joined by a covalent bond

Question 9

Polysaccharides

Answer 9

Polymers of many monosaccharides

Question 10

Monosccharides

Answer 10

Generally have molecular formulas that are some multiple of the unit CH2O
Ex: glucose, C6H12O6
A carbonyl group (>C=O) and multiple hydroxyl groups (-OH)

Question 11

Most names for sugars end in

Answer 11

-ose

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Depending on the location of the carbonyl group

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The sugar in and aldose (aldehyde sugar) or a ketose (ketone sugar)

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How are monosaccharides classified

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By the size of the carbon skeleton

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Monosccharides carbon skeleton ranges from

Answer 14

3-7 carbons long

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Hexoses

Answer 15

Glucose and other six-carbon sugars

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Pentoses

Answer 16

Five-carbon sugars

Question 17

Trioses

Answer 17

Three-carbon sugars

Question 18

Another structural distinction of simple sugars

Answer 18

Spatial arrangement of their parts and asymmetric carbon atoms

Question 19

Aldoses

Answer 19

Carbonyl groups at end of car in skeleton

Question 20

Ketose

Answer 20

Carbonyl group within carbon skeletons

Question 21

Sugars depend on the —-, —–, —–, and —- of their functions to decide what they are

Answer 21

Number
Location
Space
Structure

Question 22

Cellular respiration

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Cells extract energy from glucose molecules

Question 23

Forming a disaccharide

Answer 23

Two monosaccharides can join with a GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGE via dehydration reaction

Question 24

Maltose, malt sugar, is formed by

Answer 24

Two glucose molecules

Question 25

Sucrose, table sugar, is formed by joining

Answer 25

Glucose and fructose

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Lactose, milk sugar, is formed by joining

Answer 26

Glucose and galactose

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The architecture and function of a polysaccharide are determined by its

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Sugar monomers and by the positions of it’s Glycosidic Linkages

Question 28

Polysaccharides serve as

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Building materials for the cell or whole organism
Storage and are hydrolyzed as sugars as needed

Question 29

Starch

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A storage polysaccharide composed entirely of glucose monomers

Question 30

Plants store surplus glucose as

Answer 30

Starch granules within plastids, including chloroplasts, and withdraw it as needed for energy or carbon

Question 31

Animals have digestive enzymes that

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Can hydrolyzed starch to glucose, making glucose available as nutrients for cells

Question 32

Amylose

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The simplest form of starch
Unbranched - can be branched but more complicated

Question 33

Glycogen

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Animals store glucose in a polysaccharide called glycogen
Similar to amylopectin, but much more branched

Question 34

Cellulose

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Major component of the tough wall of plant cells
A polymer of glucose, but the glycoside linkages are different than this rod starches

Question 35

Starch structures

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Alpha 1-4 linkage
Largely helical

Question 36

Cellulose structure

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Beta glucose monomers
Straight and unbranched

Question 37

Chitin

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Found in exoskeletons of arthropods
Similar to cellulose, except it has nitrogen-containing appendage