The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose?

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frostbite · Answer

You know what we call a sugar made from two simple sugars?

anonymous · Answer

not realy

anonymous · Answer

its been a wile since i heard it

frostbite · Answer

Okay I can say that for one sugar it is called monosaccharide (mono meaning 1). Can you then guess what 2 would be?

anonymous · Answer

disaccharide?

frostbite · Answer

Exactly! Can you guess 3 too then?

anonymous · Answer

i cant remember that prefix

frostbite · Answer

Tri :)

1) mono
2) di
3) tri
4) tetra
5) penta
6) hexa
7) hepta
8) octa
9) nona
10) deca
and so on.

frostbite · Answer

But I think you got the hang of it! :)

anonymous · Answer

so whats polysaccharide?

frostbite · Answer

Polysaccharide are long chains of saccharides (>10 I like to say).

anonymous · Answer

ok well thanx

frostbite · Answer

oligosaccharides is the connecting words as it cover for example 3-10

anonymous · Answer

ok