4. Biomolecules

Generally, animals cannot digest (hydrolyze) the glycosidic linkages between the glucose molecules in cellulose. How then do cows get enough nutrients from eating grass?

In what polysaccharide form do plants store glucose to be available later as an energy source?

Which of the following molecules is a monosaccharide?

At a conference, the speaker's grand finale was sautéing mealworms (insect larvae) in butter and serving them to the audience. They were crunchy (like popcorn hulls) because their exoskeletons contain the polysaccharide __________.

Carbohydrates are used in our bodies mainly for __________.

The polysaccharide that you are most likely to have eaten recently is __________.

One characteristic shared by sucrose, lactose, and maltose is that __________.

A polysaccharide that is used for storing energy in human muscle and liver cells is __________.

Carbohydrates can function in which of the following ways?

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch. Why can the same enzyme not break down cellulose?

The subunits (monomers) in cellulose are linked together by __________.

Which of the following components of a tossed salad will pass through the human digestive tract and be digested the least?