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Carbohydrates

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  • What is cellulose used for?
    Plant cell walls
  • What does glucose+fructose will produce?
    sucrose
  • What are the examples of pentose sugar?
    ribose and deoxyribose
  • Water is produced in the ______ reaction.
    condensation
  • What does the name of the reaction to breakdown polysaccharides become monosaccharides?
    hydrolysis
  • What does glucose+galactose will produce?
    lactose
  • What best describes amylose?
    Unbranched linear polymer with alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages
  • What is the general formula of Carbohydrates?
    (CH2O)x
  • What is hexose sugar?
    monosaccharide with six carbon atoms
  • What is a storage form of carbohydrate in plants?
    Starch
  • What is the covalent bond between monosaccharides called?
    Glycosidic bond
  • How much glucose molecules will be produced if 4 molecules of maltose being hydrolyze?
    8 molecules of glucose
  • What is the monomer of carbohydrates?
    monosaccharides
  • What are the examples of monosaccharides?
    Glucose, galactose, and fructose
  • What structural units of starch?
    amylose and amylopectin
  • What is the main function of carbohydrates?
    Source of energy