Back to Basics
This is the most abundant macromolecule meant to be eaten.
What is carbohydrate?
OR What are carbohydrates?
This is found in every disaccharide and polysaccharide.
What is glucose?
Glucose + glucose + glucose + glucose ...
Many units of glucose linked together form this, which is produced in the liver.
What is glycogen?
Grains, wheat, rice, potatoes, and certain vegetables are this kind of polysaccharide.
What is starch?
OR
What are starches?
This is the disaccharide commonly known as table sugar.
What is sucrose?
This is the sweetest monosaccharide.
What is fructose?
Finding out the glucose level in your circulatory system is also called getting this.
What is "blood sugar?"
Monosaccharides are "added" together via a condensation reaction, which is also called this name.
What is dehydration?
This polysaccharide supplies reserve energy to the body by releasing glucose into the bloodstream.
What is glycogen?
This is the enzyme that helps to break down lactose into simpler sugars.
What is lactase?
Organic chemistry is the study of things which contain this element.
What is carbon?
OR What is C?
This is what glucose pairs up with to make lactose.
What is galactose?
Glucose + Glucose = __________
What is maltose?
These are the organs where glycogen is mainly stored.
What are the liver and skeletal muscles?
Excess glycogen in the body can be converted to this.
What is fat?
A monosaccharide functions as this for a polysaccharide, a carbohydrate which is much larger in size.
What is a monomer? (Best answer)
OR
What is a building block?
OR
What is a unit?
To make glucose, plants need three things:
energy, water, and this.
What is carbon dioxide?
OR What is CO2?
Glucose + Galactose = ____________
What is lactose?
Humans cannot digest cellulose, so it acts as this for the digestive system.
What is dietary fiber?
Breaking down disaccharides and complex carbs by adding water is known as this process.
What is hydrolysis?
All carbohydrates contain these three elements. (No partial credit allowed on this one.)
What are carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O)?
This is the chemical formula for all of the monosaccharides we learned about, including glucose.
What is C6H12O6?
Glucose + Fructose = ___________
What is sucrose?
This is the polysaccharide found in the cell walls of plant cells.
What is cellulose?
This is the reason sweetened drinks are not as thirst-quenching as plain water.
What is something to the effect of...
"Part of the water present is helping to digest the sugar, and is therefore unable to hydrate you. In order to break down disaccharides, water molecules are used up."