46 Questions
Carbohydrates are classified based on their atomic arrangement.
True
Monosaccharides exist in the open-chain form.
False
True or false: Glycosidic bonds are formed between two monosaccharides?
True
Disaccharides are formed by combining three monosaccharides.
False
True or false: Starch is the storage form of energy in animals?
False
True or false: Fibre is resistant to the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase?
True
True or false: Monosaccharides have the same atomic arrangement?
False
True or false: Glucose and fructose are examples of monosaccharides?
True
True or false: Monosaccharides can exist in both cyclic and open-chain forms?
True
True or false: Disaccharides are formed by combining two monosaccharides?
True
True or false: The highest numbered chiral carbon in a monosaccharide determines its L or D stereoisomer?
True
True or false: Disaccharides are formed by glycosidic bonds?
True
True or false: Starch is a polysaccharide?
True
True or false: Fibre is a type of carbohydrate?
True
True or false: Monosaccharides have a hexose structure with six carbons?
True
True or false: Chiral compounds have mirror-image isomers?
True
True or false: Maltose is a disaccharide composed of two glucose molecules connected by an alpha(1-4) glycosidic bond?
True
True or false: Lactose is a disaccharide composed of galactose and fructose connected by a beta(1-4) glycosidic bond?
False
True or false: Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose connected by an alpha(1-2) glycosidic bond?
False
True or false: Raffinose is an oligosaccharide composed of galactose, fructose, and glucose?
True
True or false: Starch is the storage form of energy in plants?
True
True or false: Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in the body?
True
True or false: Amylose and amylopectin are types of starch?
True
True or false: Non-starch polysaccharides are resistant to the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase?
True
True or false: The liver stores around 80-100 grams of glycogen?
True
True or false: Galactose is a monosaccharide?
True
Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts the rate of carbohydrate absorption?
Lipid (fat) content of food
Which enzyme inactivates salivary amylase during carbohydrate digestion?
Stomach acid
Which of the following is NOT a monosaccharide transporter involved in carbohydrate absorption?
Monosaccharide transporter on the apical membrane (GLUT4)
Which of the following is NOT a type of carbohydrate digestion?
Non-glycaemic
Which of the following is NOT a disaccharide?
Fructose
Which of the following is NOT a way in which carbohydrates are classified?
Glycosidic bonds
Which of the following is NOT a type of carbohydrate?
Lipid
Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts the rate of carbohydrate absorption?
Lipid (fat) content of food
Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts the rate of carbohydrate absorption?
Lipid (fat) content of food
Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts the rate of carbohydrate absorption?
Lipid (fat) content of food
Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts the rate of carbohydrate absorption?
Ratio of amylose-amylopectin
True or false: Fibre is resistant to the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase?
True
True or false: Starch is the storage form of energy in animals?
False
True or false: Non-starch polysaccharides are resistant to the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase?
True
Which of the following is NOT a way in which carbohydrates are classified?
Oligosaccharides
True or false: Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose connected by an alpha(1-2) glycosidic bond?
False
True or false: Amylose and amylopectin are types of starch?
True
True or false: Starch is the storage form of energy in plants?
True
True or false: The highest numbered chiral carbon in a monosaccharide determines its L or D stereoisomer?
False
Carbohydrates are classified based on their atomic arrangement.
False
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