Question

Which would provide the body with the most energy?

a. Carrying oxygen from the lungs to the cells
b. Breaking the bonds in a disaccharide
c. Breaking a single carbon bond
d. Creating bonds to make a simple sugar

Answer 1

Answer: B - Breaking the bonds in a disaccharide

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Answer 2

b. Breaking the bonds in a disaccharide. Disaccharides are sugars, sugars are the body's primary fuel. Starch for example is the complex sugar found in plants, broken down in the body to form glucose which is a great source of energy for the body. When the stomach digests food, the carbohydrate in the food breaks down into another type of sugar.