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CARBOHYDRATES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 

Carbohydrates that are made up of one or two sugar units are called ______.

a)

Simple sugars

b)

Complex carbohydrates

c)

Polysaccharides

d)

Polymers

2.

Which one of the following is a monosaccharide?

a)

Sucrose

b)

Lactose

c)

Fructose

d)

Glycogen

3.

Humans break carbohydrates down during what process?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Metabolism

c)

Amino Acids

d)

None of the choices

4.

What is the empirical formula of carbohydrates?

a)

C6H12O6

b)

C18H32O16

c)

Cn(H2O)n

d)

C12H22O11

5.

Complex carbohydrates made up of chains of monosaccharides bonded together.

a)

Monosaccharides

b)

Oligosaccharides

c)

Disaccharides

d)

Polysaccharides

6.

Maltose is a disaccharide consisting of what two simple sugars?

a)

Two glucose molecules

b)

One glucose molecule and one fructose molecule

c)

One glucose molecule and one molecule of galactose

d)

One molecule of galactose joined to one molecule of fructose

7.

Molecules that combine to form proteins.

a)

Glucose

b)

Amino Acids

c)

Starch

d)

Nucleic Acids

8.

What kind of polysaccharide cannot be digested by human beings?

a)

Starch

b)

Glucose

c)

Cellulose

d)

Sucrose

9.

Several monomers are put together.

a)

Polymers

b)

Monomers

c)

Dimers

10.

Is an important sugar in nutrition and can be found most readily in milk and dairy products.

 

a)

Glucose

b)

Fructose

c)

Galactose

d)

Sucrose