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Flashcards by Peter Fitzroy, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Peter Fitzroy
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Monosaccharide-2 examples and role | Glucose (6 carbon and deoxyribose-5 carbon) Small, soluble, sweet and crystalline Role of 6 carbon-energy via respiration Deoxyribose-part of DNA-information molecules |
| Disaccharides- example and role and characteristics | maltose (glucose and glucose) Small, soluble, sweet and crystalline Role-sugar obtained when starch broken down in hydrolysis reactions-split further-glucose-respiration |
| Polysaccharides-starch and glycogen | large molecules or many alpha glucose molecules joined together in condensation reactions-insoluble in water, forms grains. energy storage-carbs-starch plants-glycogen animals and fungi |
| polysaccharides cellulose | thousands of beta glucose molecules joined together. very strong and insoluble in water. structural, found on or in plants where iit forms cell walls |
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