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Carbohydrates Voc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carbohydrate | Organic compound such as sugar or starch |
| disaccharide | Carbohydrate composed of two monosaccharides |
| glucose | Simple carbohydrate with the chemical formula C6H12O6 that is the nearly universal food for life |
| isomers | Molecules with the same chemical formula but with atoms in a different arrangement |
| monosaccharide | Simple sugar such as glucose that is a building block of carbohydrates |
| polysaccharide | Chain of monosaccharides that makes up a complex carbohydrate, such as starch and glycogen |
| simple sugar | Monosaccharides and disaccharides |
| monomer | Single unit of something |