Carbohydrates
The biomolecule that is a quick source of energy for the cell.
What is Carbohydrates?
Biomolecule that includes fats, oils, and phospholipids.
What are Lipids?
Proteins that speed up chemical reactions and lower activation energy.
What are enzymes?
Two nucleic acids found in cells.
What are DNA and RNA?
This type of cell does NOT have a nucleus.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
The elements are found in carbohydrates.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
The major function of lipids in an organism.
What is long-term energy storage?
This determines a proteins function.
What is it's structure(shape)?
Function of nucleic acids.
What is to store genetic information?
One organism that is made of prokaryotic cells.
What is bacteria or archaea?
The carbohydrate that is commonly used by plants to store energy.
What is starch?
Lipid that makes up most of the cell membrane.
What are phospholipids?
Monomer or building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
Monomer of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
This type of cell is more complex, usually larger, and contains a nucleus.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
Cellulose is a carbohydrate found in plant cell walls. What does it provide for the plant?
What is support and strength?
The monomer of a lipid.
What is a fatty acid and glycerol?
Elements found in proteins.
What are C, H, O, N?
This is the shape of a molecule of DNA.
This is the shape and name of DNA in a prokaryotic cell.
What is a monosaccharide?
Phospholipids are important to the structure of the cell membrane, allows things to pass through.
What is selectively permeable?
Proteins exposed to extreme temperatures and no longer function properly.
What is denatured?
What are C, H, O, N, P?
Process carried out by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that is necessary for energy production and cellular function.
What is metabolism?