Carbohydrate Glossary

A chemical reaction in which energy is released as bonds are broken

• Endergonic

• Exergonic

• Dehydration Synthesis

• Glycosidic Bond

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

The monosaccharide that is also known as fruit sugar

• Glucose

• Sucrose

• Fructose

• Lactose

Created by the union of glucose & galactose

• Sucrose

• Lactose

• Starch

• Maltose

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The monosaccharide that is also known as blood sugar

• Galactose

• Glucose

• Fructose

• Sucrose

The polysaccharide that is the energy storage in plants

• Glycogen

• Sucrose

• Starch

• Glucose

The polysaccharide that is the energy storage in animals.

• Chitin

• Glucose

• Starch

• Glycogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The bond that joins sugar molecules together

• Stereoisomer

• Monosaccharide

• Glycosidic Bond

• Rainbows

The most complex carbohydrates as they are made up of hundreds or thousands of glucose molecules all strung together.

• Monosaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Trisaccharide

• Polysaccharide

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Created by the union of two glucose units

• Lactose

• Maltose

• Sucrose

• Fructose

Created by the union of glucose & fructose

• Maltose

• Lactose

• Sucrose

• Galactose