Biomolecules
How many major biomolecule groups are there?
What is 4?
Main function of carbohydrates:
What is quick energy
Type of energy lipids provide
What is long-term energy
Functions of proteins in our bodies:
What are muscle development, immune system, enzymes
Two examples of nucleic acids:
What are DNA and RNA
The primary source of biomolecules are found in what?
What is food
The monomer of carbohydrates
What is monosaccharide
Lipids are also known as
What are FATS
The monomers of proteins
What are amino acids
Monomer of nucleic acids
What is a nucleotide
The building blocks of biomolecules
What are monomers
The type of carbohydrate that ends in "ose"
Sugar
Besides energy what else is lipids useful for in your body
What is provides insulation
The type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions:
What is an enzyme
The function of nucleic acids
What is to store and transmit genetic information
The four major biomolecules
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
A function of a carbohydrate not relating to energy:
What is: structure (cellulose, chitin)
Lipids monomers are what?
What are fatty acids
What are 4 categories of food proteins?
What is meats, dairy, fish, beans
What types of food are nucleic acids found in?
What is food that was once alive (animal, plant life)
Biomolecules support
What is life
Example of a carbohydrate I ate at lunch
Multiple possible answers
2 examples of lipids
What are oil, butter, wax, steroids
An example of a protein that I ate today is
Multiple answers
Nucleic acids are found in
Multiple answers - cells, anything living