Carbohydrates
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- polysaccharides
- _____ are complex carbs
- monosaccharide
- _____ is a simple sugar
- amylose and pectin (amylopectin)
- the 2 forms of starch
- ring
- carbs take the form of a _ when dissolved in water
- condensation synthesis
- disaccharides are formed from 2 monosaccharides joined by ____ ___
- deoxyribose
- 5 carbon sugar (d)
- cellulose
- glucose polymer; saturated polysaccharide for plants (component of cell wall); MOST ABUNDANT organic molecule on earth; humans lack the enzyme necessary to digest it; it provides humans with dietary fiber; some animals harbor microorganisms in their gut that enable them to digest it
- disaccharide
- 2 monosaccharides
- starch
- glucose polymer; used by PLANTS to store readily available energy; there are 2 forms: amylose and pectin
- 3, 7
- carbohydrates are molecules with a carbon skeleton between _-_ carbon atoms
- polar, water
- carbohydrates are __ and dissolve in __
- glycogen
- glucose polymer; used by ANIMALS to store readily available energy; stored in the liver; converted to glucose which can fuel the body for several hours
- glycogen, starch, cellulose, chitin
- 4 most common polysaccharides in living things
- polymers
- polysaccharides are long ___ of monosaccharides
- condensation synthesis
- polysaccharides are long polymers joined by _____ ___
- chitin
- glucose polymer with an amino acid attacthed to each glucose unit; similar structure to cellulose, so humans can't digest it; major structural component of the exoskeleton of arthropods; found in the cell walls of fungi
- aldehyde
- carbohydrates contain ___ groups
- energy
- Carbohydrates are short term ___ storage molecules