1. Carbohydrates Amanda Holochwost, Ashley witherspoon, Janai manning, Jordan pope, and kayla huante Polymers and Monomers………………………………. ……………………………………. Elements That Make Up Carbs........................................ Simplest Sugars & Double Sugars.……………………... Structure & Function of Monosaccharides……………... Joining & Function of Disaccharides……………………. Functions of Polysaccharides…………………………….

2. Polymers & Monomers Each macromolecule is made of smaller organic molecules, known as monomers. Similar monomers that are covalently bonded together create polymers. The monomer unit of carbohydrates = monosaccharides. The polymers of carbohydrates = polysaccharides

3. Elements that make up carbs - Carbon -Hydrogen - Oxygen

4. Simplest sugars & double sugars - Monosaccharides are the simplest of sugars - Disaccharides are double sugars

5. Structure & function of monosaccharides -the simplest form of sugar -named glucose when it is in the blood - the end results of carbohydrates breaking down - the body’s preferred source of energy

6. Joining & function of disaccharides -can be stored as fat or used to power its cells. -the carbohydrate forms when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water, from the functional group -Sucrose, Lactulose, Lactose, Maltose, Trehalose, and Cellobiose -can be changed back into important monosaccharides for the body to use

7. Functions of polysaccharides -A carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together -structural functions such the cell wall of plant cells and energy storage -Starch: storage for plants; glucose momomer simplest form of amylose; unbranched, amylopoch -Glycogen: stored in muscle cells, Hydrolysis releases it when sugar is needed -Cellulose: structural, plants produce 100 billion most abundant organic compounds on earth -Chitin: carbohydrate used by arthropods exoskeletons, (shrimp, lobster),

8. Work cited/bibliography http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/00217/en/biology/carbs/index.html http://www.austincc.edu/~emeyerth/carbohyd.htm http://biology.about.com/od/molecularbiology/ss/carbohydrates.htm http://biology.unm.edu/ccouncil/Biology_124/Summaries/Macromol.html http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=30174 http://dl.clackamas.edu/ch106-07/sucrose.htm http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/starch.html Biology 6 th Edition (textbook)