Organic Molecules Worksheet
Name:_________________________________________
1. All organic compounds contain_____________________________________.
2. What atoms make up
carbohydrates?_________________________________________________.
3. What are the three types of carbohydrates:
a. ____________________
b._____________________
c. ____________________
4. What is the difference between monosaccharides and
disaccharides?__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Give an example of a monosaccharide: _______________________________________.
6. Give two examples of polysaccharides:
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
Answer these based on the above diagram.
1. What are the reactants in this reaction (think the input)?_______________________
2. What are the products in this reaction (think of the
output)?_____________________
3. What kind of molecule is being formed? A monosaccharide or a disaccharide?
_____________________________________________________.
4. Is this dehydration synthesis or hydrolysis?
Why?______________________________________________________________.
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Circle the water molecule, is it a reactant or a product?
What are the reactants here? __________________________________________________
What are the products here? ___________________________________________________
Is sucrose a monosaccharide or a disaccharide? _____________________________________
Are glucose and fructose monosaccharides or disaccharides?
__________________________________________________
Label the following below as either hydrolysis or dehydration synthesis. *HINT: LOOK FOR
H2O*