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Carbohydrates
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include starches and sugars, their molecules contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O); has twice as many hydrogen atoms as carbon or oxygen
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Simple Sugar/monosaccharides
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The simplest from of carbohydrates
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glucose
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simple sugar; 6 carbon atoms in a ring, with hydrogen and oxygen atoms pointing out from and into the ring
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Complex sugar/disaccharide
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when 2 simple sugars join together (ex. sucrose and maltose)
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polysaccharide
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when many simple sugars join together (ex. starch and cellulose)
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Glycogen
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animals store starch as this
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lipids
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fats (C, H, and H made of 4 molecules joined together, one is glycerol, attached to this are three long molecules called fatty acids
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amino acids
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20 different kinds of amino acids, any of the 20 can be joined together in any order to make a protein
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