Carbohydrates

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What are biomolecules?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the abundance of CHO's is incorrect?

• They are the most abundant type of bioorganic molecule on planet Earth

• They are the most abundant type of bioorganic molecule in the plant world

• They are the most abundant type of bioorganic molecule in the human body

• No correct response

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a function for carbohydrates in the human body?

• They serve as a source of energy

• They are a structural component of DNA and RNA molecules

• They are a structural component of cell membranes

• No correct response

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a possible value for the number of monosaccharide units

in an oligosaccharide?

• 5

• 8

• 12

• no correct response

Multiple Choice

Which of the following functional groups is always present in a carbohydrate molecule?

• hydroxyl

• aldehyde

• ketone

• no correct response

Categorize

Options (6)

Classify each of the following monosaccharides as a D enantiomer or an L enantiomer.

D enantiomer

L enantiomer

Multiple Choice

Which of the following structures represents a β-monosaccharide?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning monosaccharides is incorrect?

• They cannot be broken down into simpler units by hydrolysis

• They are either polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones

• They contain both an aldehyde and ketone functional group

• No correct response

Multiple Select

Choose the ketose (you may choose more than one answer)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following disaccharides contains glucose and fructose as structural units?

• sucrose

• lactose

• maltose

• no correct response

Multiple Choice

The terms milk sugar and table sugar apply, respectively, to the disaccharides:

• lactose and maltose

• maltose and sucrose

• lactose and sucrose

• no correct response

Multiple Choice

Which of the following disaccharides will produce only glucose upon hydrolysis?

• sucrose

• lactose

• maltose

• no correct response

Multiple Choice

In which of the following disaccharides is the bonding between monosaccharides units “head-to-head” rather than “head-to-tail”?

• lactose

• cellobiose

• maltose

• no correct response

Multiple Choice

The complete hydrolysis of a polysaccharide produces many

• Oligosaccharides

• Disaccharides

• Monosaccharides

• No correct response