Carbohydrates | Biology | Quiz

What are the micronutrients?

Substances that the body needs in large amounts

Substances that are not needed in the body at all

Substances that the body needs only in small amounts

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What are the macronutrients?

Substances that the body needs in large amounts

Substances that the body needs only in small amounts

Substances that are not needed in the body at all

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Carbohydrates that are made up of one or two sugar units are called ______.

simple sugars

polysaccharides

complex carbohydrates

polymers
What are complex carbohydrates?

Carbohydrates that have long chains of sugars

Carbohydrates that don't have sugar chains at all

Carbohydrates that have one sugar unit present

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Which one of the following is a monosaccharide?

Fructose

Sucrose

Lactose

Glycogen
Starch is a polymer of ______.

glucose

amino acids

sucrose

nucleic acids
Which of the following is a polysaccharide?

Cellulose

Fructose

Glucose

Sucrose
What kind of polysaccharide cannot be digested by human beings?

Cellulose

Starch

Glucose

Sucrose
Which of the following serves as animal starch?

Glycogen

Cellulose

Glucose

Fructose
Humans break carbohydrates down during what process?

Metabolism

Photosynthesis

Protein synthesis

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