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Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates. sugar. sugar. sugar. sugar. sugar. sugar. sugar. sugar. Carbohydrates. sugars. Building block molecules =. sugar - sugar - sugar - sugar - sugar. Carbohydrates. Function: quick energy energy storage structure cell wall in plant. CH 2 OH. O. H. H. H. OH. H.

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Carbohydrates

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  1. Carbohydrates

  2. sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar Carbohydrates sugars • Building block molecules = sugar - sugar - sugar - sugar - sugar

  3. Carbohydrates • Function: • quick energy • energy storage • structure • cell wall in plant

  4. CH2OH O H H H OH H OH HO H OH glucose sucrose C6H12O6 maltose Sugars = building blocks -ose • Names for sugars usually end in • glucose • fructose • sucrose • maltose fructose

  5. Building carbohydrates • Synthesis 1 sugar = monosaccharide 2 sugars = disaccharide | glucose | glucose | maltose mono = one saccharide = sugar di = two

  6. Building carbohydrates • Synthesis 1 sugar = monosaccharide 2 sugars = disaccharide | sucrose (table sugar) | glucose | fructose How sweetit is!

  7. BIG carbohydrates • Polysaccharides • large carbohydrates • starch • energy storage in plants • potatoes • glycogen • energy storage in animals • in liver & muscles • cellulose • structure in plants • cell walls • chitin • structure in arthropods & fungi • exoskeleton poly = many

  8. Building BIG carbohydrates polysaccharide glucose + glucose + glucose… = starch (plant) energystorage glycogen (animal)

  9. enzyme enzyme Digesting starch vs. cellulose starcheasy todigest cellulosehard todigest

  10. Cellulose • Cell walls in plants • herbivores can digest cellulose well • most carnivores cannot digest cellulose • that’s why they eat meatto get their energy & nutrients • cellulose = roughage • stays undigested • keeps material moving in your intestines

  11. Different Diets of Herbivores Cow can digest cellulose well; no need to eat other sugars Gorilla can’t digest cellulose well; must add another sugar source, like fruit to diet

  12. Helpful bacteria • How can cows digest cellulose so well? • BACTERIA live in their stomachs & help digest cellulose-rich (grass) meals Eeeew…Chewingcud?

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