Fatty acids are the monomer for which Biomolecule?
Lipids
Which six elements make up around 98% of living things?
CHONPS (Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur)
The term used to describe the starting materials of a chemical reaction is:
Reactants.
What is a monomer?
A building block, one single piece of a polymer.
What is the function of proteins?
Proteins help the body to perform cellular functions.
Which element is present in all ORGANIC molecules?
Carbon.
The term used to describe the ending materials of a chemical reaction is:
Products.
What is a polymer?
A group of monomers that have come together.
What is the monomer of a Protein?
Amino Acids.
In which two Biomolecules are the elements CHO found in?
Carbohydrates and Lipids
What does the arrow in a chemical reaction mean/represent?
Which is the main function of an enzyme?
lowers the energy needed for a reaction.
Which Biomolecule's function is long term energy storage?
Lipids.
Which elements are Proteins composed of?
CHON
The digestion of food is a chemical reaction. As food is digested, is energy released or absorbed?
Released.
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
Glucose (sugar) is an example of which Biomolecule?
Carbohydrates.
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
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.
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