Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Macromolecules
100
The ratio between C, H, & O that is characteristic of most carbohydrates
What is 1:2:1?
100
The building block of a lipid
What is a fatty acid?
100
The basic unit of a polypeptide chain
What is an amino acid?
100
An example of a nucleic acid
What is DNA or RNA?
100
The 3 most common atoms in your body
What is carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen?
200
The compound where plants store their excess carbohydrates
What is starch?
200
The type of lipid with a rigid backbone of four fused-together carbon rings
What is a sterol?
200
The of an amino acid that contains additional atoms & is what changes for each amino acid
What is the R group?
200
Thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine are examples of this part of a nucleotide
What is a nitrogen-containing base?
200
The relativlely unimportant by-product of many condensation reactions
What is water?
300
A polysaccharide used for energy storage in animals
What is glycogen?
300
Plasma membranes are characterized by the presence of this type of lipid
What are phospholipids?
300
The amino acid with the least extensive R group
What is glycine?
300
The nucleotide most closely assocatiated with energy
What is ATP?
300
The atom diagnostically associated with organic compounds
What is carbon?
400
Sucrose = ___________ + ___________.
What are glucose and fructose?
400
Which of the following is NOT a lipid? triglyceride wax butter insulin steroid
What is insulin?
400
Sickle cell anemia results from this defective protein
What is hemoglobin?
400
Nucleotides contain sugars with this number of carbons
What is five?
400
Each carbon atom can share electrons with this number of atoms
What is four?
500
The basic unit of cellulose
What is glucose?
500
A sterol needed for the production of hormones for sexual development & maturity
What is cholesterol?
500
What primary structure of proteins is dependent on
What are bonds between carbon and hydrogen?
500
The nucleotide associated with chemical messages
What is cyclic AMP?
500
The reaction that results in the breakdown of a chemical into simpler substances
What is cleavage (or hydrolysis)?
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