Macro Shmacro
The general name for the building blocks of polymers.
What are monomers?
Plants carry out photosynthesis to create sugar. They can then store this sugar in a more complex form known as this.
What is starch?
These are the monomer building blocks of a protein macromolecule.
What are amino acids?
A lipid is not considered to be this type of molecule.
What is a polymer?
Bread, pasta, and potatoes are all examples of this.
What is a carbohydrate (or polysaccharide)?
These macromolecules are important for short-term energy storage.
What are carbohydrates (or polysaccharides)?
When an animal eats more carbohydrate than can be used in the short-term, the excess carbohydrate energy is stored in the liver and muscles as this.
What is glycogen?
This is the number of different amino acids that exist to build protein macromolecules.
What is 20?
This is the healthier type of fat.
What is unsaturated?
Meat, beans, and nuts are all examples of this type of food.
What is a protein?
These macromolecules are important for structure and support and are the main component of muscle.
What is protein?
Sucrose (also knows as table sugar) is this type of carbohydrate, which is a molecule that is formed by the bonding of two sugar molecules.
What is a disaccharide?
Dehydration synthesis between amino acids causes these bonds for form.
What are peptide bonds?
A saturated fat has the maximum number of these atoms.
What are hydrogen?
Butter and bacon grease are both examples of this type of fat.
What is saturated fat?
These macromolecules are found in cell membranes and also provide long-term energy storage.
What are lipids?
The more scientific name for the single sugar molecules glucose, fructose, and galactose.
What is a monosaccharide?
Every amino acid has a carboxyl group and an amino group, but this is the section that can vary.
What is the R group?
An unsaturated fat has at least one of these.
What is hydrolysis?
The two processes that build and break down macromolecules.
What are dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis?
These two polysaccharides are found in plants, not animals.
What are starch and cellulose?
This is the more scientific name for a protein macromolecule.
What is a polypeptide?
A fat molecule is made of these building blocks.
What is a glycerol and fatty acids?
One way to identify healthy unsaturated fats is to look for fats that are this at room temperature.
What is liquid?