Iodine Test for Complex Carbohydrates

Question 1: What do you call a sample, for which no response is expected?

– Negative control
– Standard
– Test sample
– Positive control

Question 2: Does Alice's salad contain complex carbohydrates?

– Yes
– I don't know
– No

Question 3: Which of the following is a carbohydrate?

– Sucrose
– Insulin
– Wax
– DNA

Question 4: The figure below, in the VIEW IMAGE tab, shows the structure of alpha and beta
glucose.What is the difference between the two?
– The position of the hydroxyl group on carbon 4
– The position of the hydroxyl group on carbon 1
– The number of oxygen molecules in the structure
– The number of hydrogen molecules in the structure

Question 5: Nutrition facts labels provide information on the amount and proportion of different
macromolecules in the food.

On these labels, what molecule does insoluble fiber refer to? Click VIEW IMAGE to see an example
label.
– Amylose
– Starch
– Amylopectin
– Cellulose

Sudan IV Test for Lipids

Question 1: Does Alice's salad contain any lipids?
– Yes
– I don't know
– No

Question 2: What is an essential fatty acid?

– Fatty acids that are not required but are made in a lab for essential reactions
– Fatty acids that are required and they are made in the human body
– Fatty acids that are required but are not made in the human body
– Fatty acids that are required and can only be made in a lab

Question 3: What is the name of the reaction which changes an unsaturated fat, into a saturated
fat?
– Hydrolysis
– Hydrogenation
– Halogenation
 – Hydroxylation

Question 4: Lipids are mostly composed of...

– Non-polar molecules
– Polar molecules
– Protein molecules
– Water molecules

Question 5: Which of these is the structure of trans fat? Click View Image to look at the structures.
– Neither of them
– (a)
– (c)
– (b)

Benedict's Test for Simple Carbohydrates

Question 1: Slide down the LabPad or click the VIEW IMAGE button to examine the color of the
food samples. Click on the VIEW THEORY button for more information.
Benedict's reagent detects the presence of simple sugars in food. What color indicates the
presence of a high level of simple sugars?
– Green
– Red
– Blue
– Yellow

Question 2: What is a common property of glucose, galactose, and fructose?

– They can all form 6 membered rings
– They can form the trisaccharide lactose
– They have the same chemical formula
– They are all aldoses

Question 3: What sugars give a negative result in Benedict's test?

– Maltose
– Galactose
– Lactose
– Sucrose

Question 4: Does Alice's Salad contain simple carbohydrates?

– No
– I don't know
– Yes

Question 5: Which of these is an aldehyde? Click VIEW IMAGE to look at the structures.
– Both of them
– (a)
– Neither of them
– (b)

Question 6: What forms after the glycosidic linkage reaction between glucose and galactose is
complete?
– Water and lactose
– Lactose
– Mannose
– Water and fructose
Write a 50 words summary of POST LAB DISCUSSIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THREE(3)
RELATED SIMULATIONS.

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