Question

The prefix 'mono' means _______________ while the suffix 'saccharide' means ______________. Therefore, a ________________________ is a simple sugar. Glucose is a common example used in class.

Two, protein, monosacchraride


Two, sugar, monosaccharide


One, lipid, monosaccharide


One, sugar, monosaccharide

Answer 1

"One, sugar, monosaccharide"

A monosaccharide is a simple sugar because it has only one sugar molecule. The most common monosaccharides are the glucose, fructose and maltose.
A disaccharide is when there are two sugar molecules. Di, means two. From three to ten sugar molecules is called oligosaccharides because oligo means "few". Polysssachrides is when there are many sugar molecues. Poly indicates many.