BIOCHEM: Carbohydrates

Match the following type of sugar with its best description

• Consists of two sugars

• Disaccharide

• Consists of more than three sugars

• Monosaccharide

• Consists of only one sugar

• Polysaccharide

What is a polymer?

• A polymer is a type of metal alloy.
• A polymer is a single atom molecule.
• A polymer is a gas that cannot be compressed.
• A polymer is a large molecule made up of repeating units called monomers.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What are the two ways monosaccharides are classified?

• By the size of the molecules and by their solubility
• By their color and by their taste
• By their weight and by their density
• By the number of carbon atoms and by the type of functional group (aldoses and ketoses).

A pentose would be what kind of monosaccharide?

• A seven-carbon monosaccharide.
• A three-carbon monosaccharide.
• A six-carbon monosaccharide.
• A five-carbon monosaccharide.

Deoxyribose (Shown in the picture) is what type of monosaccharide?

• Hexose monosaccharide
• Triose monosaccharide
• Tetrose monosaccharide
• Pentose monosaccharide

Deoxyribose (Shown in the picture) is what type of monosaccharide?

• ketose

• Triose monosaccharide
• Tetrose monosaccharide
• aldose

Many times sugars can be classified at the same time based both criteria. What kind of monosaccharide is shown in the picture?

• Ketotriose

• Aldopentose

• Aldotriose

• ketopentose

Objects that have non-superimposable mirror images are called?

• Asymmetrical objects
• Superimposable objects
• Symmetrical objects
• Chiral objects

When an object's mirror image is superimposable, it is called ______________.

• asymmetric
• chiral
• achiral
• non-superimposable

Is a basketball chiral or achiral

• achiral
• chiral