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Carbohydrates Quiz

"Carbohydrates" Module

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(1) What are the micronutrients?

(a) none of the choices

(b) substances that are not needed in the body at all

(c) substances that the body needs in large amounts

(d) substances that the body needs only in small amounts

(2) What are the macronutrients?

(a) none of the choices

(b) substances that are not needed in the body at all

(c) substances that the body needs in large amounts

(d) substances that the body needs only in small amounts

(3) Carbohydrates that are made up of one or two sugar units are called:

(a) complex carbohydrates

(b) polymers

(c) polysaccharides

(d) simple sugars

(4) What are complex carbohydrates?

(a) carbohydrates that don't have sugar chains at all

(b) carbohydrates that have long chains of sugars

(c) carbohydrates that have one sugar unit present

(d) none of the choices

(5) Which one of the following is a monosaccharide?

(a) fructose

(b) glycogen

(c) lactose

(d) sucrose

(6) Starch is a polymer of:

(a) amino acids

(b) glucose

(c) nucleic acids

(d) sucrose

(7) Which of the following is a polysaccharide?

(a) cellulose

(b) fructose

(c) glucose

(d) sucrose

(8) What kind of polysaccharide cannot be digested by human beings?

(a) cellulose

(b) glucose

(c) starch

(d) sucrose

(9) Which of the following serves as animal starch?

(a) cellulose

(b) fructose

(c) glucose

(d) glycogen

(10) Humans break carbohydrates down during what process?

(a) metabolism

(b) none of the choices

(c) photosynthesis

(d) protein synthesis


External Resources

Carbohydrate Chemistry (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 99)

The sweet science of glycobiology: complex carbohydrates, molecules that are particularly important for communication among cells, are coming under systematic ... An article from: American Scientist

Modeling Proteins, Fats, and Carbohydrates Lab

Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (Springer Advanced Texts in Chemistry)

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