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Carbohydrates
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Made primarily of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of 1:2:1. The empirical (simplest) formula for any carbohydrate is (CH2O)n
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Cellulose
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A polysaccharide that makes cell walls hard enough to permit non-woody plants to stand upright if they receive adequate water
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Dehydration synthesis
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A process that joins monomers to build polymers. As monomers join, a water molecule is produced
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Disaccharides
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Composed of double sugars formed from two monosaccharides during dehydration synthesis
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Hydrolysis
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Reaction in which the cell degrade macromolecules by removing water molecules
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Maltose
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A disaccharide. Glucose bonding with glucose gives us maltose (malt sugar)
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Monomer
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Simple organic molecules that exist individually or link with other monomers to form a polymer
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Monosaccharides
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Molecules such as glucose and fructose , which are single sugars; each has a similar chemical formula of C6H12O6
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Polymer
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A macromolecule created by the dehydration reaction of monomers
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Polysaccharides
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Long chain molecules that contain many glucose sub-units
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Starch
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Plants store glucose as starch. Starch molecules (polysaccharides) are composed of up to 4000 glucose units.
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