Carbohydrate Quiz

A disaccharide is formed from how many monosaccharides?

• one

• three

• two

• four

What type of biological molecule provides the main source of human food energy?

• cholesterol

• carbohydrate

• amino acid

• protein

Breaking down polysaccharides occurs through a process called

• condensation

• photosynthesis

• hydrolysis

• None of the above

Carbohydrate molecules contain atoms of

• carbon and water

• carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

• carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen

• carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen

A simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a carbohydrate is called a

• monosaccharide

• polysaccharide

• disaccharide

• polypeptide

The general formula for a carbohydrate is

• Cn+m(H2O)m

• Cn+2m(H2O)m+1

• Cn(H2O)m

• Cn(H2O)m+n

Sugars in a polysaccharide are linked together by bonds to a(n)

• nitrogen atom

• oxygen atom

• carbon atom

• sulfur atom

The disaccharide sucrose, made up of two monosaccharides, has the chemical formula

• C₆H₁₂O₆

• C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁

• C₁₂H₂₂O₁₂

• C₆H₂₂O₁₁

The sweetest, naturally occurring sugar is

• sucrose

• fructose

• glucose

• maltose

The monomer of both starch and cellulose is

• amino acid

• sucrose

• glycogen

• glucose