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Carbohydrates

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

simple sugars

b)

polysaccharides

c)

disaccharides

d)

polymers

2.

Which one of the following is a monosaccharide?

a)

Fructose

b)

Lactose

c)

Sucrose

d)

Glycogen

3.

Humans store ____ in liver and muscle cells

a)

Glycogen

b)

Cellulose

c)

Glucose

d)

Fructose

4.

What is not a type of carbohydrate?

a)

fat

b)

starch

c)

sugar

5.

___________ is sugar found in fruit, honey and vegetables.

a)

maltose

b)

fructose

c)

lactose

d)

sucrose

6.

Carbohydrates can be divides into 2 general sections. The sections are: 

a)

Single and compound

b)

Simple and complex

c)

Single and complex

d)

Simple and compound

7.

Complex carbohydrates also known as polysaccharides, that are starches formed by longer saccharide chains (10+), which means they take longer to break down.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Which polysaccharide is found in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans?

a)

Celluose

b)

Starch

c)

Chitin

d)

Glycogen

9.

All living things are made up of four classes of large biological molecules called macromolecules

a)

true

b)

false

10.

A long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks

a)

polymer

b)

lego

c)

monomer

d)

carbohydrate