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Description
Flashcards by evil santa, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by evil santa
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Carbohydrates (3) | monosaccharides disaccharides polysaccharides |
| Monosaccharides (4) | simple sugar sweet and soluble in water reducing sugars glucose, fructose, galactose |
| Disaccharides (3) | sweet and soluble in water reducing sugars except sucrose maltose, sucrose, lactose |
| Polysaccharides (2) | insoluble in water starch, glycogen, cellulose |
| Formation of disaccharides/polysaccharides | condensation of two/many monosaccharides |
| Function of glucose | immediate energy source, used by cells to carry out respiration and release energy |
| Function of glycogen (2) | energy store in animals e.g. liver, muscles |
| Function of starch | energy store in plants |
| Function of cellulose | component of cell wall |
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