Understanding:
2.3.U1 Monosaccharide monomers are linked together by condensation reactions to form disaccharides and polysaccharide polymers.
2.3.U1 Monosaccharide monomers are linked together by condensation reactions to form disaccharides and polysaccharide polymers.
Objectives:
- Define monosaccharide, disaccharide and polysaccharide.
- List three examples of monosaccharides.
- List three examples of disaccharides.
- List three examples of polysaccharides.
- Use molecular diagrams to draw the formation of maltose from two glucose monomers.
- Explain a condensation reaction connecting two monosaccharides in the formation of a disaccharide.