Carbohydrates: Sugars

What is the name of the process wherein plants use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide gas and water into the sugar monomers necessary to fuel life?

• hydrolysis

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• dehydration synthesis

Carbohydrates appear in foods as sugars, ______________, and fibers.

All carbohydrates are composed of _____________, ____________, and ____________ atoms.

• gold

• carbon

• hydrogen

• silicon

• oxygen

Saccharides all contain at least one ____________ (-OH) group.

• hydroxyl

• amine

• hydroxyamine

• aldehyde

What is a sugar composed of two monosaccharide monomers joined by a glycosidic linkage called?

• glycogen

• oligosaccharide

• $\beta$ -D-glucose

• disaccharide

Which type of sugar is most commonly found naturally in honey and fruits?

Which monosaccharides are found in milk?

• glucose

• lactose

• galactose

• fructose

• maltose

What is the reaction that creates disaccharides from monosaccharides called?

• hydrolysis

• combustion

• condensation

• dehydration synthesis

What is the name of the disaccharide composed of two glucose monomers?

• maltose

• lactose

• sucrose

• fructose

__________ is the chemical process that separates polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, and disaccharides into smaller components by adding water.

• hydrolysis

• condensation

• respiration

• cleavage