Carbohydrates: Primary Functions and Structure
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What is the primary function of carbohydrates?

  • Forming the structural component of nucleic acids
  • Acting as a protective role in eukaryotes
  • Supplying energy and producing fats (correct)
  • Building cell walls in plants
  • Which type of carbohydrate serves as the monomer of carbohydrates?

  • Oligosaccharides
  • Monosaccharides (correct)
  • Disaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • What is the most common hexose found in nature known as?

  • Glucose (correct)
  • Maltose
  • Galactose
  • Fructose
  • Which carbohydrate is also known as fruit sugar and is biochemically important?

    <p>Fructose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bond forms between two monosaccharides in a disaccharide?

    <p>Covalent bond</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following carbohydrate types consists of long chains of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds?

    <p>Polysaccharides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the storage form of glucose in humans and other vertebrates?

    <p>Glycogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Glucose is the sweetest carbohydrate.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Humans can digest cellulose.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sucrose consists of glucose and galactose.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Chitin is the most abundant carbohydrate in nature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Glycogen is stored in plant cells as granules in organelles called amyloplasts.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Starch is a heteropolysaccharide.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Glucose is the only 6-carbon aldohexose found in nature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Lactose is used in brewing beer.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Carbohydates are primarily used for energy supply and to produce proteins.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The molecular structure of carbohydrates is always represented as a planar pentagon or hexagon.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Maltose consists of two glucose molecules linked by a glycosidic linkage.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Monosaccharides are the most abundant biomolecule found in nature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Glucose is the only 6-carbon aldohexose found in nature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Chitin is the primary structural component of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Humans can digest cellulose.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Starch is a heteropolysaccharide.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Maltose consists of two glucose molecules linked by a glycosidic linkage.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sucrose consists of glucose and galactose.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Carbohydrates are primarily used for energy supply and to produce proteins.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The molecular structure of carbohydrates is always represented as a planar pentagon or hexagon.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Glycogen is stored in plant cells as granules in organelles called amyloplasts.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bond forms between two monosaccharides in a disaccharide?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Monosaccharides are the most abundant biomolecule found in nature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the storage form of glucose in humans and other vertebrates?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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