Terminology & Elements
Carbo- in carbohydrate means this element.
What is carbon?
The general ratio for carbohydrates.
What is CH₂O?
A monosaccharide is also called this.
What is a simple sugar?
Process that joins monosaccharides by losing water.
What is dehydration synthesis?
Carbs made of 3–10 monomers.
What are oligosaccharides?
The three elements found in carbohydrates.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
The ratio of C:H:O in carbohydrates.
What is 1:2:1?
These monosaccharides have the formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
What are glucose, fructose, and galactose?
The bond between two monosaccharides.
What is a glycosidic bond?
Carbs made of 10+ monomers.
What are polysaccharides?
Number of covalent bonds carbon forms.
What is 4?
If N = 3, the formula is this.
What is C₃H₆O₃?
Molecules with the same formula but different structure are called this.
What are isomers?
Process that breaks carbohydrates using water.
What is hydrolysis?
Stored form of glucose in animals.
What is glycogen?
Number of covalent bonds oxygen forms.
What is 2?
The suffix used for sugars.
What is -ose? ) another acceptable answer would be "saccharide".
Ribose has this formula.
What is C₅H₁₀O₅?
Glucose + fructose makes this disaccharide.
What is sucrose?
Plant cell walls are made of this.
What is cellulose?
Molecules must contain carbon bonded to hydrogen to be this.
What is organic?
A sugar with 5 carbons is called this.
What is a pentose?
If the carbonyl is at the end, the sugar is this type.
What is an aldose?
Glucose + galactose makes this disaccharide.
What is lactose?
This polysaccharide contains nitrogen and is found in fungi and arthropods.
What is chitin?