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1.
What is a biomolecule?
Answer: A molecule which is present in and synthesized in biological systems.
2.
In what three ways can sugars vary from each other?
Answer: - Number of C-Atoms - Position of the Carbonyl Group - Spatial arrangement around asymmetric carbons
3.
What is a deoxy(genated) sugar?
Answer: A sugar that has one oxygen atom less than it\'s oxygenated counterpart.
4.
How is a tetrose sugar different from a pentose sugar?
Answer: Tetroses have four carbon atoms in its backbone, whereas pentoses have five.
5.
What is an Aldose?
Answer: A sugar with its carbonyl group at the end.
6.
What is a Ketose?
Answer: A sugar with its carbonyl group in the middle.
7.
What is meant with the α- or trans-arrangement of a sugar?
Answer: That the hydroxyl group group at the final carbon atom is on the other side of the sugar molecule as the 1-carbon.
8.
Starch and Cellulose are both polymers of Glucose. What is their difference?
Answer: Starch is a polymer of α-Glucose and can be digested, whereas Cellulose is a polymer of β-Glucose and is indigestible.
9.
What is meant with the β- or cis-arrangement of a sugar?
Answer: That the hydroxyl group group at the final carbon atom is on the same side of the sugar molecule as the 1-carbon.
10.
What is the monomer of lipids, and how are they bound together?
Answer: Fatty acids, bound together by ester linkages.
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