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  • What is an example of a complex carbohydrate?
    Cellulose
  • Which is a carbohydrate monomer? A) Glucose B) Starch C) Cellulose D) Glycogen
    A) Glucose
  • What characteristic is used to distinguish monosaccharides? A) Number of carbon atoms B) Presence of nitrogen C) Type of fatty acid D) Number of phosphate groups
    A) Number of carbon atoms
  • What is the monomer for carbohydrates?
    Monosaccharides
  • What are the monomers of carbohydrates?
    Monosaccharides
  • What is an example of a monosaccharide? A) Glucose B) Sucrose C) Lactose D) Maltose
    A) Glucose
  • Which statement best explains how the structure of a starch molecule relates to its function?
    Starch is a polysaccharide with a helical structure, allowing it to store energy efficiently in plants.
  • Which molecule is not a monosaccharide?
    Sucrose
  • In a molecule of sugar, what is the general formula?
    CH2O to the n, where n is a number greater than or equal to 3.
  • What is the primary function of carbohydrates?
    To provide energy for the body.
  • Starches are examples of which type of carbohydrate?
    Complex carbohydrates
  • What is an example of a monosaccharide?
    Glucose
  • What are the categories of carbohydrates?
    Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides
  • Which carbohydrate(s) provide short-term energy storage? A) Glycogen B) Cellulose C) Starch D) Chitin
    A) Glycogen
  • Which molecule is not a type of carbohydrate?
    Hemoglobin
  • How are monosaccharides described?
    Simple sugars
  • What is an example of a simple sugar?
    Glucose
  • Which monosaccharide is commonly found as a component in fruit? A) Glucose B) Fructose C) Galactose D) Ribose
    B) Fructose
  • Which carbohydrate is not used for energy storage?
    Cellulose
  • Plants use which molecule as an energy-storing carbohydrate? A) Glucose B) Starch C) Cellulose D) Fructose
    B) Starch
  • A sugar is a type of what molecule? A) Protein B) Lipid C) Carbohydrate D) Nucleic Acid
    C) Carbohydrate
  • What is an example of a monosaccharide?
    A) Glucose
  • What is an example of a complex carbohydrate?
    B) Starch
  • Sugar is a common term for which type of molecule? A) Protein B) Lipid C) Carbohydrate D) Nucleic Acid
    C) Carbohydrate
  • What are examples of simple sugars?
    A) Glucose and Fructose
  • What type of complex carbohydrate is cellulose and what is its role in plant cells?
    Cellulose is a structural carbohydrate that provides support to plant cell walls.
  • What is the difference between monosaccharides and disaccharides?
    Monosaccharides are single sugar units, while disaccharides consist of two monosaccharide units linked together.
  • What type of molecule is cellulose?
    Cellulose is a polysaccharide.
  • What is an example of a structural carbohydrate molecule?
    A) Cellulose
  • What is the difference between a monosaccharide and a polysaccharide?
    Monosaccharides are single sugar units, while polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharide units.
  • Which of the differences listed here could be found among molecules of the same monosaccharide? A) Number of carbon atoms B) Arrangement of atoms C) Type of carbonyl group D) Presence of nitrogen
    B) Arrangement of atoms
  • Which carbohydrate is used to store energy in animal cells?
    A) Glycogen
  • What are monosaccharides?
    Monosaccharides are the simplest form of carbohydrates, consisting of single sugar units.
  • What are three ways monosaccharides differ from one another?
    Monosaccharides differ in carbon chain length, carbonyl group type (aldehyde or ketone), and stereochemistry.
  • What type of monomers are combined to form carbohydrates?
    Monosaccharides
  • What molecule is a building block for a polysaccharide?
    A) Glucose
  • Glucose and glycogen are examples of what group of organic compounds?
    Carbohydrates