1.1 Carbohydrates

What are organic molecules?

What are carbohydrates used for? (2)

What is a monomer?

What is a polymer and how are they formed?

What elements do all carbohydrates contain?

What monomers are carbohydrates made from?

What type of reaction joins monosaccharides together?

What bond is formed in a condensation reaction and what is produced?

What are the 6 sugars?

What are the 3 monosaccharide sugars?

What is an isomer?

What are the 2 isomers of glucose?

What is the structure of alpha glucose?

What is the structure of beta glucose?

What is a disaccharide?

What are the 3 disaccharides?

How do you make the 3 disaccharides?

What is the (reversible) equation for condensation and hydrolysis reactions?

What is a polysaccharide?

Why are polysaccharides not sugars? (2)

What is an example of a naturally occuring polysaccharide and where is it found?

3 ways how starch is adapted for its function?

2 ways how glycogen is adapted to its function?

How is cellulose adapted to its function?