9.5 - Polysaccharides
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Practice Questions
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What are polysaccharides?
💡 Hint: Think about what types of sugar they are made from.
Name an example of a homopolymer.
💡 Hint: What polysaccharide is made of only one type of monosaccharide?
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What is cellulose primarily used for?
💡 Hint: Remember which polysaccharide helps plants maintain shape.
Glycogen is to animals as starch is to:
💡 Hint: Consider where you find each polysaccharide.
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Design an experiment to differentiate between starch and cellulose using iodine. What observations would you expect?
💡 Hint: Recall how starch interacts with iodine.
How would the properties of glycogen change if it were a homopolymer instead of a highly branched polymer?
💡 Hint: Think about how branching allows quick access to glucose.
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