Question

Fill out the table on how each type of saccharide is the same or different.


Monosaccharide
Disaccharide
Polysaccharide
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Differences
     
     
     

Answer 1

Here’s a filled-out table summarizing the similarities and differences between monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides:

| Type of Saccharide | Monosaccharide | Disaccharide | Polysaccharide |
|--------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Similarities | - All are carbohydrates | - All are carbohydrates | - All are carbohydrates |
| | - Composed of carbon, hydrogen, | - Made of two monosaccharides | - Made of many monosaccharides |
| | and oxygen | - Can be linked through glycosidic | - Can be linear or branched |
| | - Serve as energy sources | bonds | - Often serve as energy storage |
| | - Can have taste (sweetness) | - Often taste sweet | - Generally tasteless or less sweet |
|--------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Differences | - Simplest form of carbohydrates | - Composed of two monosaccharides | - Comprised of multiple monosaccharides |
| | - Cannot be hydrolyzed further | - Can be hydrolyzed to its | - Can be hydrolyzed to yield |
| | into simpler sugars | monosaccharide components | many monosaccharide units |
| | - Examples: glucose, fructose | - Examples: sucrose, lactose | - Examples: starch, cellulose, glycogen |
| | - Generally have 3-7 carbon atoms| - Generally have 12 or fewer | - Can have hundreds to thousands |
| | | total atoms | of glucose units |

This table outlines the main aspects in which monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides are similar and different.