sugars Flashcards

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Organic

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Come from living thinks like plants or animals, Carbon Backbone, and have either C,H,N,O,P,S

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Inorganic

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Come from nonliving things like salt, water, and carbon dioxide, Contains Carbon OR hydrogen but not both

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What are the 4 macro molecules of life?

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Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, and Nucleic acids

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Carbohydarates

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main source of energy in animals, and structure in plants

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Proteins

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Build and repair body tissues

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Lipids

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Fats, Development (brains), structure of cell membranes, insulation Nervous system

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Nucleic acids

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Information storage, DNA

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Carbo

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Caarbon

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Hydrate

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Water

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Simple Carbohydrates

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Sugars, like glucose, that all living things DON’T to break down. Glucose is delivered to cells through the bloodstream. Processed Foods

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Complex Carbohydrates

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A single glucose molecule linking 2 glucose molecules. This is called Maltose. Complex are mainly starch and NEED to be broken down

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Fructose

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made of a single glucose molecule found in fruit, vegetable, and high fructose corn syrup. sweetest of all natural sugars.

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Glucose

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A sweet monosaccharide that we use for energy. It is also known as blood sugar.

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Sucrose

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Table sugar, Linking a Fructose molecule with a Glucose molecule.

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Disaccharide

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A sugar made of 2 Monosaccharides bonded together like maltose and sucrose.

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Starch

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Thousands of Glucose molecules linked in a long chain. Starch is a type of polysaccharide or complex carbohydrate. Starch is not sweet.

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Polysaccharide

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Complex carbohydrate, many

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Fiber

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Polysaccharide, carbohydrate, Fruit, Grains.

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Cellulose

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Type of fiber, tough carbohydrate, we can’t digest, but keeps digestive system working properly. Net made of thousands of glucose molecules. Keeps body healthy. Found in plants

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Monosaccharidde

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A single Glucose molecule, fructose, lactose

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Lactose

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Found in milk

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Saccharide

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Carbohydrates

23
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What does the digestive system do?

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Breaks down proteins into Amino Acids

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Amino Acids

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Make proteins in your body that it can use

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Macro

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Big