Bio 101 NVCC Exam 1 Questions and Detailed Verified Answers Monosaccharides - ANSWER-- serve as a major nutrient for cells and as raw material for building molecules - glucose, fructose, galactose Disaccharide - ANSWER-formed when a dehydration reaction

Bio 101 NVCC Exam 1 Questions and Detailed Verified Answers Monosaccharides - ANSWER-- serve as a major nutrient for cells and as raw material for building molecules - glucose, fructose, galactose Disaccharide - ANSWER-formed when a dehydration reaction joins two monosaccharides Polysaccharides - ANSWER-Carbohydrates that are made up of more than two monosaccharides; have storage and structural roles - Cellulose, starch, glycogen, chitin Cellulose - ANSWER-a major component of the tough walls that enclose plant cells Starch - ANSWER-A storage polysaccharide in plants consisting entirely of glucose. Glycogen - ANSWER-An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch. Chitin - ANSWER-A structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. Enzymes - ANSWER-Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things amino acids - ANSWER-- organic molecules with carboxyl and amino groups - differ in their properties due to differing side chains, called R groups Protein - ANSWER-A biologically functional molecule consisting of one or more polypeptides folded and coiled into a specific three-dimensional structure. Neutrons - ANSWER-the particles of the nucleus that have no charge Electrons - ANSWER-Negatively charged particles atomic number - ANSWER-the number of protons in an atom mass number - ANSWER-the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus