Carbohydrates
What is the main function of carbohydrates in the body?
Provide quick energy.
What are the building blocks of lipids?
Fatty acids and glycerol
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Amino acids
What do nucleic acids store?
Genetic information
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What is the simplest form of carbohydrate called?
Monosaccharides.
What is one main function of lipids?
Store long-term energy
What do enzymes do in the body?
Speed up chemical reactions
What are the two types of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Amino acids
Which carbohydrate is found in plant cell walls?
Cellulose
What type of lipid makes up cell membranes?
Phospholipids
What protein in red blood cells carries oxygen?
Hemoglobin
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
Which carbohydrate do animals store in their liver and muscles?
Glycogen
Lipids help insulate the body and protect what?
Organs
What happens to protein in your stomach?
It is broken down into amino acids
What sugar is found in DNA?
Deoxyribose
What are the building blocks of lipids?
Fatty acids and glycerol
What type of carbohydrate is formed when many sugars join together?
Polysaccharide
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
Saturated fats have no double bonds; unsaturated do.
Proteins are needed to build and repair what?
Tissues and muscles
DNA is shaped like a twisted ladder called a what?
Double helix
What do all four biomolecules have in common?
They are made of carbon-based building blocks