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Chapter 5: Questions
Chapter 5 (An Introduction to Carbohydrates) of Biological Science fourth edition
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/22/2011

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Both starch and cellulose are polymers. Why can animals easily degrade starch, but not cellulose?
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Animals have the enzymes to degrade alpha-1, 4-glycosidic bonds, but not ß-1,4-glycosidic bonds.
Term
Which chemical formula could represent a carbohydrate?
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C3H6O3
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Carbohydrates are made up of which of the following monomeric subunits?
Definition
sugars
Term
What is the major structural macromolecule of animals? Of plants?
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Proteins; Carbohydrates
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What is the major difference between amylose and amylopectin?
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Amylose is a straight-chain polymer of glucose, whereas amylopectin is highly branched.
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