Learning Technical English

Questionnaire - LTE News November '07, Vol. 5

Part 1. Matching
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Place the letter from Column 'B' with its correct answer from Column 'A'
Column 'A'
Indigestible polysaccharide, which makes up plant cell walls
Grains, pasta, breads, tubers are good examples of this group of biopolymers
Example of a monosaccharide
Monosaccharide
Glycogen
Lipase
C6H12O6
Chitin
Typical elemental ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in a carbohydrate molecule
Disaccharide
Contain >10 monosaccharide units
Column 'B'
a.) Polysaccharides
b.) 2:1
c.) Glucose
d.) Maltose, lactose or sucrose
e.) Enzyme
f.) Structural polysaccharide found in certain animal skeletons
g.) Simplest of the sugar group
h.) Starches
i.) Formula for some carbohydrates
j.) Cellulose
k.) Stored animal starch
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Part 2. Unscrambling words
Using the space provided, unscramble the "word" in each sentence, and type it in there.
1. "Dgneyhro" is the lightest element in the universe,
and the main fusion power source for stars.
2. A complex form of sugar is "edirahogilocacs" .
3. "Eosgaaltc" is an example of a monosaccharide.
4. A food grain, "rbayel" is an example of a starch.
5. Atomic number 6, C is the symbol for the element, "ncboran"
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