CIE AS Biology - Biological Molecules
Questions and Answers
Monosaccharides - Answer-What is a carbohydrate made up of
(CH2O)n - Answer-General formula of a monosaccharide
Beta Glucose - Answer-Hydroxyl group on C1 is above ring structure
Alpha Glucose - Answer-Hydroxyl group on C1 is below ring structure
Source of energy in respiration - Answer-Role of Alpha Glucose in living organisms
Building block for larger molecules - Answer-Role of Beta Glucose in living organisms
Condensation Reaction - Answer-Reaction whereby a molecule of H2O is produced
Hydrolysis - Answer-Adding water to break a bond
Glycosidic bond - Answer-The bond that forms due to a condensation rxn
Fructose + Glucose - Answer-Sucrose
Glucose + Galactose - Answer-Lactose
Glucose + Glucose - Answer-Maltose
Amylose - Answer-Long unbranched alpha glucose chain (1.4 linkages)
Amylopectin - Answer-Long branched chains of alpha glucose (1.6 linkages)
Starch - Answer-Mixture of amylose and amylopectin builds large ______ grains
Glycogen - Answer-Chains of 1.4 linked alpha glucoses with 1.6 linkages forming
branches
More branched than amylopectin
Clumps together to form granules
Cellulose - Answer-Beta glucose molecules
Linked at 180 degrees to one another
Questions and Answers
Monosaccharides - Answer-What is a carbohydrate made up of
(CH2O)n - Answer-General formula of a monosaccharide
Beta Glucose - Answer-Hydroxyl group on C1 is above ring structure
Alpha Glucose - Answer-Hydroxyl group on C1 is below ring structure
Source of energy in respiration - Answer-Role of Alpha Glucose in living organisms
Building block for larger molecules - Answer-Role of Beta Glucose in living organisms
Condensation Reaction - Answer-Reaction whereby a molecule of H2O is produced
Hydrolysis - Answer-Adding water to break a bond
Glycosidic bond - Answer-The bond that forms due to a condensation rxn
Fructose + Glucose - Answer-Sucrose
Glucose + Galactose - Answer-Lactose
Glucose + Glucose - Answer-Maltose
Amylose - Answer-Long unbranched alpha glucose chain (1.4 linkages)
Amylopectin - Answer-Long branched chains of alpha glucose (1.6 linkages)
Starch - Answer-Mixture of amylose and amylopectin builds large ______ grains
Glycogen - Answer-Chains of 1.4 linked alpha glucoses with 1.6 linkages forming
branches
More branched than amylopectin
Clumps together to form granules
Cellulose - Answer-Beta glucose molecules
Linked at 180 degrees to one another