as biology carbohydrates essay (help)

pleasecan sum one help i have a 1000 word essay to write about carbohydrates and i cant do it can anybody help??? desperate thanks.
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Ben.S.

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pleasecan sum one help i have a 1000 word essay to write about carbohydrates and i cant do it can anybody help??? desperate thanks.
natalie

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Well just feel lucky that you don't have to do it an an exam like all of us which just finished an AQA biology A2!
Just elaborate on brief points (spider-diagram style):

Structure:...(ring structure, bonding, polymerisation, hydrolysis etc.)
Function:...(energy store, immediate energy, roles in cellular structure and function - glycoprotein receptors etc.)
(eg. glycogen exists as long spiral chains giving it compactness and insolubility in water, allowing....)

Ben

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Ben.S.

Well just feel lucky that you don't have to do it an an exam like all of us which just finished an AQA biology A2!
Just elaborate on brief points (spider-diagram style):

Structure:...(ring structure, bonding, polymerisation, hydrolysis etc.)
Function:...(energy store, immediate energy, roles in cellular structure and function - glycoprotein receptors etc.)
(eg. glycogen exists as long spiral chains giving it compactness and insolubility in water, allowing....)

Ben

I did that same question on my A2 synoptic too, but I loved it! In fact I was praying for that precise question (no lies!) and it came up!!
as for what to write, ben's advise is excellent. you can also talk about diabetes and homeostatic levels of glucose. also digestion of carbohydrates comes into it. Respiration and burning of glucose also applies, as does photosynthesis which is the synthesis of carbohydrates. however those are A2 topics you might not have gone over yet, but it'll definitely give u a gold star if you at least mention them. :wink:

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Ben.S.

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Ben.S.

Well just feel lucky that you don't have to do it an an exam like all of us which just finished an AQA biology A2!
Just elaborate on brief points (spider-diagram style):

Structure:...(ring structure, bonding, polymerisation, hydrolysis etc.)
Function:...(energy store, immediate energy, roles in cellular structure and function - glycoprotein receptors etc.)
(eg. glycogen exists as long spiral chains giving it compactness and insolubility in water, allowing....)

Ben

What on earth did you edit, Richard?

Ben

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