Carbohydrates

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• What monosaccharides make up starch?
• What monosaccharides make up lactose?
• What monosaccharides make up glycogen?
• What monosaccharides make up cellulose?
• What monosaccharides are in sucrose?
• What monosaccharides are in maltose?
• What carbohydrates are in milk?
• Structurally, how does a polysaccharide differ from a polypeptide?
• How many disaccharides of d-glucopyranose are possible?
• How do polysaccharides differ structurally and functionally from simple carbohydrates?
• How do disaccharides dissolve in water?
• How do carbohydrates differ from hydrocarbons?
• How do carbohydrates differ from fats?
• How are disaccharides and monosaccharides related?
• Explain how mono-, di- and polysaccharides differ.
• Explain how carbohydrates are used by living organisms.
• How are carbohydrates classified?
• What are polysaccharides?
• What are some examples of monosaccharides?
• What are monosaccharides?
• What are carbohydrates?
• What is the isomer, monomer, and polymer for carbohydrates?
• Is sugar a carbohydrate? Why?
• What are the subunits of carbohydrates?
• Why are carbohydrates needed by the body? what are they used for?
• Why is it that during transportation of carbohydrates in plants it is in the form of Sucrose but in animals it is in the form of Glucose?
• Where does the chemical digestion of carbohydrates begin in the body?
• Why are carbohydrates called the "first energy source of the body", but not "main energy source of the body"?
• How many glucose residues are present in starch and glycogen?
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• Justify: Sugars are connected by phosphodiester bonds?
• What 3 elements do all carbohydrates contain?
• Do carbohydrates have amino groups?
• What are complex carbohydrates also known as?
• What are carbohydrates made up of?
• Why does the body need carbohydrates?
• Why are carbohydrates an excellent source of energy for organisms?
• How do plants make carbohydrates?
• What do all carbohydrates have in common?
• What are three types of carbohydrates?
• What are the functional groups in carbohydrates?
• What is the structure and functions of carbohydrates?
• What are the subunits and functions of carbohydrates?
• What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
• What is the structural formula of carbohydrates?
• How do you test for starch?
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• What roles do polysaccharides play in living things?
• What do two sugar isomers have in common?
• How are polysaccharides and proteins similar?
• Define carbohydrates and identify their basic subunits?
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• How does ORT help patients with Cholera?
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• What is the nature of the biomolecule carbohydrate?
• Is sucrose a carbohydrate?
• Why is cellulose considered to be a complex carbohydrate?
• Are all carbohydrates polymers?
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• What are examples of monosaccharides and polysaccharides?
• The word carbohydrate is derived from carbon and water (hydrate). Why does this combination correctly describes this chemical group.?
• What elements are present in the amino acids that were not present in carbohydrates?
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• What is the cross layering of cellulose?