Which Type of Dwarf Is Largest

question 179

Multiple Choice

Which type of dwarf is largest?

• A) white
• B) red
• C) brown
• D) All are about the same size.

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Definitions:

Reducing Sugars

Sugars capable of acting as reducing agents, having free aldehyde or ketone groups that allow them to reduce other compounds, commonly tested by Benedict's or Fehling's solution.

Ketose

A type of monosaccharide (simple sugar) where the carbonyl group is a ketone, found in several biochemical pathways.

Aldose

A type of carbohydrate that contains an aldehyde group as its carbonyl functional group.

Glycosides

Compounds formed from a sugar and another compound by replacement of a hydroxyl group in the sugar by another group.