Carbohydrates

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Most carbohydrates are a kind of what? Mineral Fat Sugar Vitamin

2. Which of the following isn't a group of carbohydrate? Monosaccharides Polysaccharides Glycosaccharides Oligosaccharides

3. What is the general formula for carbohydrates? (C2HO)n (CHO2)n (CHO)n (CH2O)n

4. The two optical isomers of a carbohydrate are called the D and L forms. True False

5. Monosaccharides can't be broken down into smaller carbohydrates. True False

6. Carbohydrates do not have a chiral carbon. True False

7. Epimers are sugars that what? Differ in configuration at two carbon atoms Differ in configuration at no carbon atoms Differ in configuration at three carbon atoms Differ in configuration at one carbon atom

8. There are hundreds of different monosaccharides in nature. True False

9. A function of monosaccharides is nutrition. True False

10. Polysaccharides are long chained molecules that only occur in the linear form. True False