It consists of two hydrogens and one oxygen atom
Water (H2O)
Made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
Carbohydrates
Simple sugar
Monosaccharide
Double sugar
Disaccharide
A large molecule composed of a long chain of monosaccharides
Polysaccharide
Consist of two monosaccharides
Disaccharide
What kind of energy gives glucose molecules?
ATP
Example of the pentose sugar
Ribose and deoxyribose
What kind of molecules are released during a dehydration reaction?
Water (H2O)
The inverse reaction of dehydration
Hydrolysis
Type of bond between two monosaccharides
Glycosidic bond
Glucose + Glucose =
Maltose
Example of the hexose sugar
Glucose
Maltose
Galactose
Fructose + Glucose =
Sucrose
Galactose + Glucose =
Lactose
Found and stored in plants
Starch
Found in the exoskeleton of most arthropods
Chitin
Generally stored in liver and muscle cells
Glycogen
Component of the plant cell wall
Cellulose
The main function of polysaccharides
Store energy / Structural composition of the cell