By: Erin O’Connor, Sara Onley, Andrew Maguire, Cameron Kupernik CARBOHYDRATES
Carbohydrates are any of a large group of organic compounds that are in foods and living tissues and includes sugars, starch, and cellulose. WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATES?
Carbohydrates provide energy They break down fatty acids They share use of proteins Help with photosynthesis in plants WHY ARE CARBOHYDRATES IMPORTANT?
Carbohydrates are soluble in water The chemical formula is CH 2 O which contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. FACTS
Pasta Bread Candy Sugar Soda Flour Potatoes EXAMPLES OF CARBOHYDRATES
Monosaccharides Disaccharides Polysaccharides TYPES OF CARBOHYDRATES
Monosaccharides are simple sugars that have 3 to 7 carbon atoms. Can be bonded together to form polysaccharides Examples: Glucose, fructose, galactose. Glucose and other kinds of sugars may be linear molecules, but in aqueous solution they become a ring form Monosaccharides are monomers. Monosaccharides come together to form disaccharides and polysaccharides. MONOSACCHARIDES
Disaccharides are composed of 2 monosaccharides joined together. Example: Sucrose (table sugar), lactose, maltose Sucrose stores energy DISACCHARIDES
Polysaccharides are long carbohydrate molecules of monosaccharide units joined together. Some examples of polysaccharides are starches and cellulose. (cellulose is only found in plant cell walls, humans are unable to digest this.) POLYSACCHARIDES