Biomolecules
Elements
Chemical Reactions
Misc.
100
Fatty acids are the monomer for which Biomolecule?
Lipids
100
Which six elements make up around 98% of living things?
CHONPS (Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur)
100
The term used to describe the starting materials of a chemical reaction is:
Reactants.
100
What is a monomer?
A building block, one single piece of a polymer.
200
What is the function of proteins?
Proteins help the body to perform cellular functions.
200
Which element is present in all ORGANIC molecules?
Carbon.
200
The term used to describe the ending materials of a chemical reaction is:
Products.
200
What is a polymer?
A group of monomers that have come together.
300
What is the monomer of a Protein?
Amino Acids.
300
In which two Biomolecules are the elements CHO found in?
Carbohydrates and Lipids
300
What does the arrow in a chemical reaction mean/represent?
Equals or yields.
300
Which is the main function of an enzyme?
lowers the energy needed for a reaction.
400
Which Biomolecule's function is long term energy storage?
Lipids.
400
Which elements are Proteins composed of?
CHON
400
The digestion of food is a chemical reaction. As food is digested, is energy released or absorbed?
Released.
400
After Carbohydrates are broken down and their elements are reused to form Proteins, which element does the body still need to get from food?
Nitrogen
500
Glucose (sugar) is an example of which Biomolecule?
Carbohydrates.
500
How does your body use the food you eat, like carbohydrates, to make other biomolecules, like proteins?
It rearranges the C,H,O to make proteins, and adds Nitrogen
500
Elements from Carbohydrates are digested and reused in order to make Proteins. As the body builds a new biomolecule, is energy released or absorbed?
Absorbed.
500
This graph shows what happens in your body after eating. Which Biomolecules are broken down from food, and which Biomolecules are built in your body?
Carbohydrates; Proteins