BIO 12 UNIT 1: STUDY NOTES

CARBOHYDRATES

1. Monosaccharides => Simple sugars (monomers of carbohydrates) (single units of GLUCOSE and its isomers)
2. Disaccharides => Fairly simple sugars, 2 monosaccharides linked with an ester linkage and also has a separate water molecule
3. Polysaccharides => Polymers of carbohydrates comprised of more than 2 monosaccharides, complex

--- 3 TYPES OF POLYSACCHARIDES: Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose

• The link to the below video is great in expanding on the above concepts and linking them to real world biological applications:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf_r5EVP6U