Carbohydrate-PS Dietician

What are the monomers of a polysaccharide?

• glycerol
• amino acid
• fatty acid
• glucose

Which is not a chemical element needed to build sugars?

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Hydrogen

What elements make up carbohydrates?

• Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
• sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
• glucose and fructose
• carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

What monosaccharide is found in fruit and honey? 

• fructose 
• sucrose 
• glucose 
• lactose 

Animals store glucose in the form of

• cellulose
• glycogen
• starch
• chitin

Which type of carbohydrate is this?

• monsaccharide
• disaccharide
• polysaccharide
• glyceride

Which health problems is a consequence of eating too much added sugar? 

• overweight
• heart disease
• diabetes
• all of the above

What form of carbohydrate only naturally occurs in milk?

• Fructose

• Lactose

• Galactose

• Maltose

What is the chain length of polysaccharides?

• 2

• 3-10

• 10+

• 1

What is released from salivary glands in the mouth to begin digestion of polysaccharides?

• Salivary amylase

• Salivary lipase

• Salivary protease

• Bile