10 Questions
What is the characteristic taste of most monosaccharides?
Sweet
What is the term for a monosaccharide with a carbonyl group at an end of the carbon chain?
Aldose
What is the simplest ketose mentioned in the text?
Dihydroxyacetone
What is the term for a monosaccharide with a carbonyl group at any other position?
Ketose
What is the name of the aldohexose mentioned in the text?
D-glucose
What is the term for a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms in its backbone?
Pentose
Which of the following monosaccharides does not contain asymmetric carbon atoms?
Dihydroxyacetone
What is the term for a monosaccharide with four carbon atoms in its backbone?
Tetrose
What is the name of the aldopentose mentioned in the text as a component of nucleotides and nucleic acids?
D-ribose
What is the characteristic of most monosaccharides except dihydroxyacetone?
They contain one or more asymmetric carbon atoms
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