QUIZ 2

Also called simple sugars, are the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units from which all carbohydrates are built.

Provide information about a molecule's three-dimensional structure without explicitly showing it in the drawing.

Refers to the most basic type of organic molecules

Aliphatic hydrocarbons with only single covalent bonds

An important structural polysaccharide and is the single most abundant organic compound on earth.

Also known as animal starch

A molecule or ion is called ______ if it cannot be superposed on its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, and some conformational changes.

A carbonyl in which the carbon atom is bonded to at least one hydrogen atom. The other group attached to the carbonyl may be an  R -group or a hydrogen atom.

Used in the production of various polymers, either as a building block or as a solvent.

Polycarbohydrates, are the most abundant carbohydrates found in food.