AP BIOLOGY

CELL RESPIRATION

GLYCOLYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Glucose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide, that belongs to what macromolecular group?
A
lipids
B
proteins
C
carbohydrates
D
nucleic acids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A monosaccharide is the monomer that makes up a polysaccharide. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose is a carbohydrate. Carbohydrates are mainly used for quick energy inside cells, but they also play an important role in cell structure and communication. Carbohydrates are macromolecules called polysaccharides, meaning they are made of many sugars.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carbohydrates are the sugars and their polymers. Simple sugars are called monosaccharides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glucose is a hexose, a sugar composed of six carbon atoms, usually found in ring form. A starch macromolecule is a polysaccharide composed of thousands of glucose units.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glucose is a typical monosaccharide. It has two important types of functional group: a carbonyl group (an aldehyde in glucose, some other sugars have a ketone group instead.) hydroxyl groups on the other carbons.

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