12 Questions
What is the most abundant monosaccharide in nature?
D-glucose
What are oligosaccharides composed of?
Short chains of monosaccharide units or residues joined by glycosidic bonds.
Give an example of a disaccharide.
Sucrose (cane sugar)
What distinguishes polysaccharides from monosaccharides and oligosaccharides?
Polysaccharides contain more than 20 monosaccharide units.
Name the two types of polysaccharides based on their function.
Storage and structural polysaccharides
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
(CH2O)n
Carbohydrates are the most abundant biomolecules on ______
earth
Oxidation of carbohydrates is the central energy-yielding pathway in most ______ cells
non-photosynthetic
Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ______, or substances that yield such compounds on hydrolysis
ketones
Monosaccharides consist of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone ______
unit
Oligosaccharides consist of short chains of monosaccharide units, or residues, joined by characteristic linkages called ______ bonds
glycosidic
Polysaccharides are sugar polymers containing more than 20 or so monosaccharide units, and some have hundreds or thousands of ______
units
Test your knowledge about carbohydrates, the most abundant biomolecules on earth. Learn about the oxidation pathway of carbohydrates and the three major classes: monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
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