Polysaccharides

what does not describe polysaccharides?

• carbohydrate chains with three or more monosaccharides

• always highly branched

• can have different types of monosaccharides

• have two types

main carbohydrate in roots of plants

• starch

• glycogen

• chitin

• cellulose

polysaccharide founnd in a plant's cell walls

• chitin

• glcosaminoglycans

• starch

• cellulose

true or false? amylopectin is what makes up most of starch molecules.

• true

• false

true or false: cellulose can't be digested by humans

• true

• false

where can glycosaminoglycans be found?

• connective tissue

• animals

• fungi

• arthropods

chitin is similar in structure to what other polysaccharide?

• cellulose

• glucose

• glycosaminoglycans

• glycogen

which of of these is not a homopolysaccharide?

• starch

• glycosaminoglycans

• cellulose

• chitin

what's the other term for glucosaminoglycans? pick 2

• mucopolysaccharide

• glycogen amino polysaccharides

• glucosamine glycans

• aminopoysaccharides

what units repeat in glycosaminoglycans?

• monosaccharides

• disaccharides

• polysaccharides