SEMMELWEIS ENTRANCE MEDICINE BIOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+

SEMMELWEIS ENTRANCE MEDICINE BIOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ What are carbohydrates and lipids? Correct Answer: Organic compounds that are mostly composed of three types of atom; carbon, hydrogen and oxygen What do carbohydrates do? Correct Answer: provide energy, in the form of sugars like glucose and fructose, but they also make up structures like cellulose, which form the cell wall of plant cells What type of carbohydrate is the most important source of energy? Correct Answer: mono-, di- and poly-saccharides What are mono and disaccharides? Correct Answer: polar and soluble in water What are polysaccharides? 2 Correct Answer: Macromolecules resulting from polymerisation (condensation) of sugars and are not soluble in water Examples of monosaccharides Correct Answer: ribose, glucose, fructose, galactose What forms a disaccharide? Correct Answer: two monosaccharides linked together by condensation reactions with glycosidic bonds releasing one H2O molecule Alpha glucose structure Correct Answer: Beta glucose structure Correct Answer: Examples of Polysacch