The Carbohydrate Family Includes

Question: What are the 3 things the carbohydrate family includes?

Answer: Sugar

Fiber

Starch

Question: What are carbohydrates composed of? (3 things)

Answer: 1) Carbon

2) Hydrogen

3) Oxygen

Question: What is the main source of carbohydrates?

Answer: Plants

Question: What are the 5 examples of monosaccharides?

Answer: 1) Glucose

2) Fructose

3) Galactose

4) Sugar Alcohols

5) Pentose

Question: What are the 2 monosaccharides that create lactose?

Answer: Glucose + Galactose = Lactose

Question: What is the linking of 2 monosaccharides called?

Answer: A condensation reaction?

-1 molecule of water is formed

-OH from 1 monosaccharide + 1 H from the other

-a C from each bonds to the same O

Question: What are the 3 examples of disaccharides?

Answer: 1) Sucrose

2) Lactose

3) Maltose

Question: What makes Maltose?

Answer: 2 glucose molecules joined by an alpha bond

Question: What makes Sucrose? (common table sugar)

Answer: Glucose + Fructose (by alpha bond)

Question: What makes Lactose? (dairy products)

Answer: Glucose + Galactose (by beta bond)

-beta bond: can’t be broken down easily by digestive enzymes for absorption in the small intestine