Carbohidratos

What are the micronutrients?

• a.Substances that the body needs in large amounts
• b.Substances that are not needed in the body at all
• c.Substances that the body needs only in small amounts
• d.None of the choices

What are the macronutrients?

• a.Substances that the body needs in large amounts
• b.Substances that the body needs only in small amounts
• c.Substances that are not needed in the body at all
• d.None of the choices

Carbohydrates that are made up of one or two sugar units are called ______.

• a.simple sugars
• b.polysaccharides
• c.complex carbohydrates
• d.polymers

What are complex carbohydrates?

• a.Carbohydrates that have long chains of sugars
• b.Carbohydrates that don't have sugar chains at all
• c.Carbohydrates that have one sugar unit present
• d.None of the choices

Which one of the following is a monosaccharide?

• a.Fructose
• b.Sucrose
• c.Lactose
• d.Glycogen

Starch is a polymer of ______.

• a.glucose
• b.amino acids
• c.sucrose
• d.nucleic acids

Which of the following is a polysaccharide?

• a.Cellulose
• b.Fructose
• c.Glucose
• d.Sucrose

What kind of polysaccharide cannot be digested by human beings?

• a.Cellulose
• b.Starch
• c.Glucose
• d.Sucrose

Which of the following serves as animal starch?

• a.Glycogen
• b.Cellulose
• c.Glucose
• d.Fructose

Humans break carbohydrates down during what process?

• a.Metabolism
• b.Photosynthesis
• c.Protein synthesis
• d.None of the choices