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WorksheetsFood Chem - Exercise Structure of Carbohydrates
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following is NOT a classification of a carbohydrate?
sugar
sterol
starch
fiber
What is the basic unit of a carbohydrate?
amino acid
fatty acid
monosaccharide
sugar
Which of the following is an example of a polysaccharide?
sucrose
galactose
glucose
starch
Which is NOT a type of carbohydrate?
Simple
Concentrated
Complex
Which is an example of a monosaccharide?
Fructose
Glucose
Galactose
What are functions of complex carbohydrates?
Provide structure
Bind products together
Thicken products
All of the above
Are starches....?
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
What elements makeup carbohydrates?
a. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
b. sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
c. glucose and fructose
d. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
The categories of carbohydrates based on structural complexity are:
a. Ketoses, disaccharide, starch
b. Aldoses and ketoses
c. glucose, maltose trehalose ,starch
d. Monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide
What is the function of a carbohydrate?
a. Movement
b. Stores genetic information
c. Speeds up reactions
d. Stores energy
What type of carbohydrate is this?
a. it isn't a carbohydrate
b. monosaccharide
c. disaccharide
d. polysaccharide
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates called?
a. Disaccharides
b. Polysaccharides
c. Monosaccharides
d. Amino Acids
What does hydrolysis mean?
a. breaking of water molecules
b. Formation by water
c. Splitting by water
d. Getting rid of water molecules
what is the storage(s) form of carbohydrate found in mammals?
a. Glucose and glycogen
b. starch
c. Glycogen
d. Fiber and glycogen
The digestion of sucrose (table sugar) results in what two monosaccharides?
a. Glucose and galactose
b.
Maltose and glucose
c. Fructose and glucose
d. Galactose and fructose
Lactose is found in....
vegetables
b. Milk
c. Fruits
d. All of the above
Sugar present in DNA is ___
a. Ribose
b. Deoxy Ribose
c. Glucose
d. No sugar is present in DNA
Sugar present in RNA is ___
a. Deoxy Ribose
b. Ribose
c. Glucose
d. None
The most abundant polysaccharide on Earth is ______
a. Cellulose
b. Starch
c. Pectin
d. Glycogen
____ carbohydrate is found in exo sc.c. keleton of insects
a. Chitin
b. Peptidoglycan
c. Pectin
d. Inulin
Fructose is a sugar found mainly in what?
Meat
Candy
Vegetables
Fruit
Which of following foods would test positive for fructose?
rice
orange juice
steak
milk
Which of the following are true of disaccharides?
They are the simplest carbohydrate molecule.
They do not contain carbon.
They are formed when two monosaccharides molecules join together.
They are made up of many monosaccharides molecules.
Select ALL the carbohydrates that belong to the monosaccharide group.
Sucrose
Pectin
Glucose
Fructose
Starch
Select ALL the carbohydrates that belong to the disaccharide group.
Sucrose
Pectin
Glucose
Lactose
Starch
Select ALL the carbohydrates that belong to the polysaccharide group.
Sucrose
Pectin
Glucose
Lactose
Starch
Enzymes are identified by the suffix _____.
-ase
-ose
-ol
The two types of starches are...
amylopectin
granules
polymers
amylose
Starches with a branched structure are called _____.
amylopectin
granules
polymers
amylose
Another name for fiber is...
amylose
cellulose
gums
pectins
A simple sugar found in a honey.
Glucose
Fructose
Galactose
Sucrose
What sugar is found in the blood stream?
Glucose
Maltose
Dissacharides
ATP
Which of the following does dextrin belong?
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Lipids
D and L isomers differ from each other by orientation around which C atom?
Penultimate carbon
Lowest number of asymmetric carbon
any carbon
all of the above
Alpha and Beta anomers differ in orientation around 5 th carbon atom in a hexose- True or false ?
True
False
Plants store EXCESS glucose in the form of ___________.
glycogen
cellulose
starch
Which of the following is not a reducing sugar?
Glucose
Maltose
Fructose
Sucrose
What type of bond is formed between two monosaccharides?
Ester bond
Glycosidic bond
Peptide bond
Double bond
dehydration synthesis
isomerization isomerization
