Nucleic Acids
The monomer of an NA
what is a nucleotide?
The monomer of a Carb
What is a Monosaccharide?
Which macromolecule has Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio?
What are Carbohydrates?
The monomer of a lipid
What is a fatty acid?
The monomer of a Protein
What are Amino Acids?
The function of an NA
What transfers/stores genetic information?
The function of a Carb
What supports internal structures and stores/releases short-term energy?
An ________ is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. It speeds up the rate of a specific chemical reaction in the cell.
What is an enzyme?
The function of a lipid
What forms parts of biological membranes and stores long-term energy?
The function of a Protein
What are used to build cell structures, build muscles, and act as enzymes to speed up chemical reactions?
What are the two kinds of nucleic acids?
What are RNA (ribonucleic acid) and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)?
A Polysaccharide
What are macromolecules formed by joining many monosaccharides together?
A ______ is a molecule acted upon by an enzyme.
What is a substrate?
Lipids are formed when fatty acids combine with ______.
what is glycerol?
Enzyme names often end in
-ase
What are nucleotides composed of (in atoms/molecules)
What has a nitrogenous base, 5-carbon sugar, and a phosphate group?
Ordinary table sugar is called a _______.
What is a Disaccharide?
What macromolecule is generally nonpolar?
What are Lipids?
True or False: Lipids generally do not dissolve in water
What is true?
This type of amino acid makes amino acids special
What is a Type R amino acid?
What nucleotide compound has important functions in capturing and transferring chemical energy?
What is Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)?
The name of a polysaccharide that animals put their excess sugar in.
What is glycogen?
This part of the cell membrane is hydrophobic
What is the inside part of a membrane that's made of lipids?
The difference between an unsaturated lipid and a polyunsaturated lipid
If there is at least one carbon-carbon double bond in a fatty acid, then it's said to be unsaturated.
If there is more than one double bond, then they are polyunsaturated.
The material that hair and nails made out of
What is Keratin?