Carbs
Proteins
Lipid
Nucleic Acids
Processes
100
What is the building block of carbs?
What is monosaccharides or sugars.
100
What is the building block of proteins?
What is amino acids?
100
What are the building blocks of a triglyceride?
What is glycerol and fatty acids
100
What is the building block of a nucleic acid?
What is a nucleotide?
100
What is the process to put two building blocks together (chemically)?
What is dehydration synthesis?
200
What is the common ending for most simple carbs?
What is ose?
200
What is the variable for an amino acid?
What is 'R' chain?
200
What makes up the cell membrane?
What is a phospholipid?
200
What are the two main types of Nucleic Acids?
What is DNA and RNA?
200
What is the process for breaking apart two building blocks of macromolecules?
What is hydrolysis?
300
What are the two main types of carbs?
What is sugars and starches?
300
What is the most important characteristic of a protien and what causes it?
What is shape and polarity, charges, bonds.
300
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats. Give and example of each and which is healthy.
What is saturated has all single bonds in carbons, saturated - butter unsaturated - oil - healthy
300
What is the function of nucleic acids?
What is store genetic info
300
What is the function of enzymes?
What is speed up chem reactions
400
Show the numbering of a glucose molecule.
What is 123456
400
What is the name for the linkage in proteins between amino acids?
What is peptide bond.
400
What are 2 functions of fats?
What is energy storage, cell membrane, structure
400
What is in a nucleotide structure and what are the two kinds of nucleotides and how do you remember them?
What is sugar, base and a phosphate. Purines and Pyrimidines - PUGA2
400
What are two factors that affect enzyme activity?
What is pH and Temp. and concentration
500
What type of bond forms between 2 sugars? (Name)
What is glycosidic linkage?
500
Name 5 functions of proteins.
What is structure, enzyme, transport, receptors, cytoskelton, hormones.
500
What is the linkage in fats?
What is ester linkage.
500
What are 5 differences between DNA and RNA.
What is sugar, location, types, double/single strand, 4 bases (U-T)
500
How many waters would be needed to break down a triglyceride? A protein with 12 amino acids?
What is 3 and 11.
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