quizzes about biolemecules

• what is carbohydrates?

  major source of energy of the body
• sources of carbpohydrates

  • bread, rice, pasta, oats, cereals
  • honey, sugar, softdrinks, candies
  • fruits, vegetables
• Carbohydrates are classified as

  • Monosaccharides
  • Disaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
• Mono components

  • Glucose ( blood sugar)
  • Fructose( fruit sugar)
  • Galactose( found in milk with glucose
• Disaccharides com

  • Maltose( malt sugar)
  • Sucrose( milk sugar)
  • Lactose ( table sugar)
• Poly com

  • Starch
  • Cellulose
  • Glycogen
  • Chitin
• what is monosaccharides?

  • the simplest carbohydrate
  • building blocks
  • simple sugar
• Insulin


  when too much glucose is in the blood, the pancreas secrete a hormone
• When blood glucose drops, the pancreas secretes

  glucagon
• what is disaccharides


  form when ang duha ka mono mo join or form together
• dehydration reaction


  causes the mono join together( disaccharide)
• dehydrated reaction also known


  condensation reaction or dehydration syntesis
• table sugar


  Sucrose
• what is poly 


  a long chain of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bond
• polysaccharides is also known as

  glycosidic
• important of living organisms

  polysaccharides
• what is starch


  used for energy storage in plants

  they provvide aa quick form of energy for the body
• whst is glycogen


  used for energy storage in animals
• what is cellulose

  • found in plants, in cell walls and bark of trees
  • gives us fiber
• what is chitin


  forms the exoskeleton of certain insects and crustaceans
• people who wants to maintain their weght ranges of

  100 to 150 grams of carbs per day
• for those aiming to lose wight ranges

  under 50 grams per day