Carbohydrates
What is the monomer for Carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What is the monomer for Lipids?
Glycerol & Fatty Acids
What is the monomer for Proteins?
Amino Acids
What is the monomer for Nucleic Acids?
Nucleotides
What group of polymers do enzymes belong in?
Proteins
What is the function of Carbohydrates?
Fast Energy
What is the function of Lipids?
Stored Energy (Long-Term)
What is the function of proteins?
Structure
What is the function of nucleic acids?
Instructions
What do enzymes do?
Speed up reactions by lowering activation energy
List at least two examples of Carbohydrates.
Cellulose, Lactose, Glucose, Starch, Grains
Carbohydrates are more easily metabolized than lipids.
However, on a gram-for-gram basis lipids provide cells with more -
A. Nitrogen
B. Proteins
C. Structure
D. Energy
What were examples of body structures that proteins make up?
Skin, Hair, Nails, Muscle
List the two examples for Nucleic Acids.
DNA and RNA
In the enzyme graph, what did the tall and shorter hill represent?
Tall hill was without the enzyme while the shorter hill was with the enzyme.
What kingdom do most carbohydrates come from?
Plants
List two examples of lipids.
Fats and Oils
What does it mean to denature a protein?
The protein's shape is changed and loses its function
Which macromolecule do nucleic acids tell the cell to make?
Enzyme was Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide was the substrate
What two carbohydrates were a type of cell wall and for what kingdoms?
Chitin for Fungi, Cellulose for Plants
How do lipids interact with water?
They are hydrophobic and non-polar
What were the two ways to denature a protein?
Heat and pH
What was the difference between RNA and DNA?
The shape
In our lab, why did some reactions not make bubbles?
Wrong substrate or the catalase was denatured with Heat or pH