Download Carbohydrates Coloring

Carbohydrates
Name: _______________________ Date:_________ Per. ____
Use your notes to answer the following questions.
1. What is the main function of Carbohydrates?
2. What are 3 other functions of carbohydrates?
3. What do plants make for short term energy storage?
4. What do all carbohydrates have at the end of their name?
The monomer of a carbohydrate is called a ___________________________

2 examples of these monomers are Glucose (A) and Fructose (B)
 Color
Glucose
Green
 Color
Fructose
Blue
Two carbohydrate monomers can join together to form a __________________________

Examples of this type of Carbohydrate are called simple sugars below is table sugar called Sucrose.
 Color
Sucrose Red

Notice that Sucrose is made up of our original Glucose and Fructose, and that water was removed to
join them together.
Many monomers can join together to form large complex carbohydrates called _________________________.

An example of this type of Carbohydrate is starch. Starch is made of many Glucose monomers.
 Color the
Starch
molecule
Yellow