Bonds and Branches
This causes small insect to walk on water
What is surface tension?
The monomer units of sucrose
What is glucose and fructose?
The attraction of water to other surfaces
What is adhesion?
Carbohydrates are transported in plants as this compound.
What is sucrose?
Water is known as this because it dissolves most substances
What is universal solvent?
This bond is formed between the monomers of carbohydrates
What is glycosidic bond?
A solvent's ability to dissolve a solute
What is solubility?
Readily available carbohydrate energy store in human muscle
What is glycogen?
This polymer of carbohydrates has only beta glucose units
What is cellulose?
Determined by the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by a single degree
What is heat capacity?
Two isomeric forms of the carbohydrate monomer.
What are alpha and beta glucose?
Requirement of a substance to be dissolved in water
What is charge?
The two types of starch
What are amylose and amylopectin?
The amount of particles in a given space
What is density?
The numerical bonds in the branched form of starch.
What are alpha 1,4 and alpha 1,6 glycosidic bonds?
Tendency of water to move from one area to another due to osmosis, gravity, mechanical pressure and matrix effects
What is water potential?