Explain the relationship between sugars (glucose) and starches (carbohydrates). Use the terms, monomer and polymer, in your explanation.

Sugars such as glucose fructose and galactose are monomers (monosaccharides) consisting of a single sugar molecule. Two Sugar molecules condense together to form dissacharides which are essentially short chain polymers consisting of two sugar molecules. Examples would be maltose, lactose and sucrose. Starches such as carbohydrates are formed with monosaccharides condense to form a long chain molecule and hence is essentially a polymer.