Question

Which carbohydrate and example pair are not correctly matched? glucose - monosaccharide starch - polysaccharide sucrose - disaccharide glycogen - monosaccharide?

Answer 1

Carbohydrate is a group of compounds that is comprised of very simple units of sugar called the monosaccharide. From the prefix "mono", this means that the simplest unit is composed only of one block of sugar. Monosaccharide examples include: glucose, galactose, and fructose. From the given lists above, the one that does not match perfectly is the fourth pair. Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide. 

ANSWER: glycogen - monosaccharide