Carbohydrates

How many sugar units make up disaccharides?

• one
• two
• three
• zero

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What type of carbohydrate is this?

• polysaccharide
• disaccharide
• monosaccharide
• it isn't a carbohydrate

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What kind of food is an example of a complex carbohydrate?

• Whole wheat bread
• Jams
• Honey
• Table sugar

What elements make up carbohydrates?

• Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
• sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
• glucose and fructose
• carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Which do all carbohydrates do for us?

• provide energy
• make muscle
• make brains
• make hair

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How is fiber (cellulose) different from most other foods you eat?

• It doesn't contain any sugars at all
• Consuming it robs your body of nutrients
• Your body can't digest it
• It contains elements of all the major food groups

Your body breaks down most carbohydrates into _____ which is blood sugar.

• fructose
• sucrose
• glucose
• starch

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Important to the structural integrity of plant cells, this is the single most popular polysaccharide in the world.

• Starch
• Glycogen
• Cellulose
• Chitin

What causes blood glucose levels to rise?

• eating

• vigorous exercise

• sleeping

• going to the toilet

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Which of the following is a hormone used to control glucose concentrations in the blood?

• insulin

• glycogen

• pancreas

• adrenaline