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The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose? -polysaccharide -monosaccharide or -disaccharide
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The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose?

-polysaccharide
-monosaccharide
or
-disaccharide

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The answer is Disaccharide

Both Glucose and Galactose are a type of MonoSaccharide. Because Lactose contains both Glucose and galactose, it contains 2 Monosaccharides, which make it Disaccharide

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