Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Water Facts
100
This monomer is the build block of carbohydrates.
What is a monosaccharide?
100
This monomer is the building block of lipids/fats.
What is a fatty acid?
100
This monomer is a building block of proteins.
What is an amino acid?
100
This monomer is a building block of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
100
This property allows water striders to "walk on water".
What is surface tension?
200
This sugar is found on the outer layer of insects.
What is Chitin?
200
This structure is comprised of hydrophilic heads, and hydrophobic tails.
What is the phospholipid bilayer?
200
These structures within the cell are responsible for synthesizing proteins.
What are ribosomes?
200
This shape is the configuration of a DNA molecule.
What is a double helix?
200
This property of water allows H20 to stick to the sides of a plant's xylem.
What is adhesion?
300
This type of polysaccharide is specific to the cell wall.
What is cellulose?
300
What is a saturated fat?
300
This type of bond is specific to proteins.
What is a peptide bond?
300
This type of nucleic acid contains the nitrogenous base uracil.
What is RNA?
300
This percentage of water makes up the human body.
What is 60%?
400
This type of energy is fueled by carbohydrates.
What is quick energy?
400
This type of bond is specific to lipids.
What is an ester bond?
400
This specific group on an amino acid determines classification.
What is the R-group?
400
This element is unique to Nucleic Acids.
What is phosphorous?
400
Water is referred to as what type of solvent.
What is a universal solvent?
500
Words ending in -ose are usually this type of organic molecules.
What are sugars?
500
This type of steroid is found in cell membranes, and is essential to structural stability.
What is cholesterol?
500
Amino Acids have this amount of categories to be matched within.
20 different types of amino acids
500
During the synthesis of nucleic acid polymers, nucleotides can only be added to this end.
What is the 3' end of nucleic acids?
500
Water is this type of molecule.
What is a polar molecule?