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What is the monomer of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharide
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Are lipids polar or nonpolar?
Nonpolar
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What is the monomer of proteins?
Amino acids
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What foods have simple sugars?
Sweet foods like fruits
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What is the function of carbohydrates?
Structure and short- term energy
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What are examples of monosaccharides?
Glucose, fructose, and galactose
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What type of fatty acid has only single bonds and is solid?
Saturated
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How many levels of structure do proteins have?
Four of increasing complexity
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What foods have complex carbohydrates?
Grains, starches, green vegetables, etc.
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What is the function of lipids?
Structure and long- term energy
300
What does monosaccharide mean?
One sugar
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What are the parts of a triglyceride?
One glycerol and three fatty acids
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What happens when a protein is denatured?
It changes from its natural shape
300
What would you want to eat the night before running a marathon?
Pasta and other complex carbohydrates
300
What do enzymes do?
They catalyze, or speed up, chemical reactions
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What does polysaccharide mean?
Many sugars
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What part of a phospholipid is hydrophilic?
The phosphate group head
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What causes a protein to become denatured?
Changes in temperature or pH
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Why do eggs turn white when cooked?
The proteins are getting denatured
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What is the active site?
The active site is where the substrate binds to an enzyme
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What are some examples of polysaccharides?
Cellulose, starch, and glycogen
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What is the difference between a triglyceride and a phospholipid?
Triglycerides have three fatty acids and phospholipids only have two
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What part of the amino acid determines the identity of the amino acid?
The R group
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What kind of protein would catalyze, or speed up, digestion?
Enzymes
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What happens when an enzyme denatures?
The enzyme will no longer function
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