Carbohydrates 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyBiological moleculesASCCEA Created by: jodimcc123Created on: 07-09-19 18:16 What do carbohydates contain? Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. 1 of 10 What is the general formula of a carbohydrate? Cx(H20)y 2 of 10 What are monosaccharides? Single sugars. 3 of 10 What are the three most important monosaccharides? Trioses, pentoses, hexoses 4 of 10 What is the general formula of a monosaccharide? (CH2O)n 5 of 10 How is a disaccharide (double sugar) formed? When two hexose sugars bond together via a condensation reaction 6 of 10 What is a condensation reaction? A chemical reaction in which two molecules afre joined together and one molecule of water is released. 7 of 10 How do disacchardies and polysaccharides release hexose sugars? Via hydrolysis 8 of 10 What are some important monosaccharides? (pentose sugars) The pentose sugars, ribose and deoxyribose which are contituents of nucleotides that form the nucleic acids RNA and DNA 9 of 10 What are some important monosaccharides? (hexose sugars) The hexose sugars, a-glucose, B-glucose and fructose 10 of 10
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