AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In short-Monomer is a general term, while monosaccharide is a specific term for the monomer that makes up a carbohydrate. A monosaccharide is a single sugar molecule. This includes glucose, fructose, and galactose. Disaccharides are double sugars, such as sucrose (table sugar).

Detailed explanation-2: -The monomer of carbohydrates is a monosaccharide with the basic formula of a carbon, two hydrogen and an oxygen molecule (CH 2 0) 12 . Glucose, a product of photosynthesis, is simple sugar and a monomer with the chemical formula C 6 H 12 O 6. Glucose is commonly known as corn sugar or blood sugar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates; most of them are sugars. Monosaccharides may have between three and eight carbon atoms, but only those with five carbons (pentoses) and six carbons (hexoses) are common.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monosaccharides are the building blocks of carbohydrates. Mono means on, and saccharide refers to sugar. Monosaccharides can join together to make larger, more complex carbohydrates. This means that yes, they are monomers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carbohydrate metabolism Monosaccharides, glucose, galactose and fructose absorbed from the intestinal tract are avidly taken up by the liver, where they may be utilized for immediately required energy, being incorporated in the citric acid cycle, or they may be used to form glycogen.