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chitin

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provides structural support for the cell walls of many fungi

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starch

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a storage polysaccharide of plants that consists of glucose monomers, plants store surplus starch as granules

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glycogen

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storage polysaccharide in animals, found mainly in liver and muscle cells

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cellulose

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polysaccharide that is a major component of the tough wall of plant cells, also a glucose polymer

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monosaccharides

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simplest carbs are these, they have the carbonyl group and their molecular formulas are usually multiples of ch2o

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disaccharide

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formed when a dehydration reaction joins two monosaccharides

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polysaccharide

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when more than two monosaccharides are joined together

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what do carbs do

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provide energy

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9
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how do two things come together

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dehydration reaction

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10
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what are the functional groups

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carbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, methyl, sulfhydryl

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carboxyl

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cooh

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carbonyl

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co

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methyl

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ch3

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amino

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nh2

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phosphate

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po4

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hydroxyl

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oh

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sulfhydryl

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-sh

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why is it important to know functional groups

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to know how they interact with each other and form things