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Carbohydrate macromolecules
________ are polymers known as polysaccharides that are made up of numerous sugar component units.
Hexoses
________ are glucose, fructose, and other sugars with six carbons.
OH
When a bond develops between two monomers, each monomer contributes a portion of the water molecule produced during the reaction: one monomer contributes a hydroxyl group (________), while the other contributes hydrogen (H)
Disaccharides
________ are double sugars made up of two monosaccharides linked together by a covalent connection.
Hydrolysis
________ is the fracturing of water (from the Greek hydro, water, lysis, break)
central importance
Glucose (C6H12O6), the most common monosaccharide, is of ________ in the chemistry of life.
Large biological molecules
________, including water and simple organic compounds, show distinctive emergent characteristics due to the ordered arrangement of their atoms.
smaller molecules
The repeating units that act as polymer building blocks are ________ known as monomers (from the Greek monos, which means "single)
asymmetric carbon
(An ________ is one that is linked to four distinct atoms or groups of atoms .)
meros
Polymers (from the Greek polys, many, and ________, portion) are chainlike compounds that include large carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids.
lengthy molecule
A polymer is a(n) ________ made up of numerous similar or identical building pieces connected together by covalent bonds, similar to how a railway is made up of a chain of cars.
carbohydrates
The term ________ refer to having sugars and polymers of sugars
Monosaccharides
The term ________ (from the Greek monos, single, and saccharin, sugar) refers to generally having molecular formulas that are multiple of the unit CH2O.
