monosaccharides

Question 1

Monosaccharide

Answer 1

• small organic molecules
• have the general formula - (CH20)n

Question 2

Functions of a monosaccharide

Answer 2

• a source of energy in respiration.
  - C-H / C-C bonds are broken to realese energy, which is transformed to make ATP
• building blocks for larger molecules
  - glucose is used to make starch cellulose and chitin
• constituents of nucleotides
  - deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA