BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

ENZYMES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Starches and sugars are examples of what class of biomolecule?
A
Carbohydrate
B
Lipid
C
Nucleic Acid
D
Proteins
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates formed by the polymerization of a large number of monomers. Examples of polysaccharides include starch, glycogen, cellulose, etc. which exhibit extensive branching and are homopolymers – made up of only glucose units.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms and are polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones. Examples of carbohydrates are starch, fibers, sugar, and cellulose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Starches. They are complex carbohydrates, which are made of lots of simple sugars strung together. Your body needs to break starches down into sugars to use them for energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbohydrates are split into 2 different types, Sugars and Starch. Starchy carbohydrates include foods such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and breakfast cereals, whilst sugars include those that naturally occur in fruit and milk but also added sugars used in cakes and biscuits as well as table sugar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Starch is a complex carbohydrate which plants create for energy storage, and is the most common carbohydrate in the human diet.

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