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Q: What does mono- mean in monosaccharides?
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What disaccharide breaks into 2 mono saccharides?

All disaccharides break into 2 monosaccharides. 'Mono' meaning one and 'Di' meaning two. Anything with more than two combined monosaccharides would be a polysaccaride.


What is the building block of carbohydrate?

The building block of a carbohydrate is mono saccharides.


How does a monosaccharide differ from disaccharide?

Mono = one Di = two That simple.


What are chemical elements present in all of the monosaccharides?

Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen are present in all monosaccharides. In fact, they are present in ALL saccharides (mono, di, and poly)


What are monosaccharides made of?

What is the difference between poly and monosaccharides?


Is monosaccharide a carbohydrate lipid protein or nucleic acid?

"Monosaccharide" is a category of chemical compounds, not a specific compound. Monosaccharides in general are not nucleic acids, though nucleic acids do contain one of two specific monosaccharides (ribose or deoxyribose).


What is the name of the molecule lost when two monosaccharides join together?

A molecule of water is lost during the process of dehydration synthesis, which binds two monosaccharides together.


What is a single glucose called?

glucose is a sugar simple sugars like glucose are called monosaccharides mono = one saccharide = sugar


What makes up monosaccharides?

I believe maltose is made up of two glucose molecules.


How where monosaccharides named?

Mono comes from Greek, "manos", and means one. "Saccharide" is also Greek. It comes from the word "sacchar", and means sugar.


Do mono saccharides dissolve well in water?

Monosaccharides will dissolve well in water. This is made possible by the oxygen in the carbohydrates which will create polar bonds.


What are the monomers of a carbohydrate?

Simple sugars are called monomers which is mono saccharides.The mono saccharides for carbohydrates are glucose , fructose and glactose. Carbohydrates can also be Di saccharides which is sucrose , lactose.