The Basics
Carbs
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
100
Molecules that are carbon based are considered this
What is organic?
100
The building blocks of carbohydrates.
What are sugars?
100
This means insoluble in water.
What is hydrophobic?
100
The building block of proteins.
What are amino acids?
100
The chain of repeating monomers in a Nucleic Acid.
What is a nucleotide?
200
A long chain of smaller molecular units or monomers is called this.
What are polymers?
200
Simple sugars containing just one sugar unit are called this.
What are monosaccharides?
200
The 3 tails attached to a glycerol on a lipid molecule.
What are fatty acids?
200
The catalyst to speed up a reaction.
What is an enzyme?
200
Double ringed nitrogenous bases. Hint: Adenine and Guanine
What are Purines?
300
The 4 elements that compose approximately 96% of the human body.
What are Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen?
300
The amount of carbohydrates in the average adult.
What is 2-3%?
300
Cholesterol is an example of this kind of lipid molecule.
What is a steroid?
300
Amino acids linked together into a long chain.
What is a polypeptide?
300
The number of amino acids.
What is 20?
400
A substance that releases ions in water.
What are electrolytes?
400
Starch is an example of this type of “saccharide”.
What is a polysaccharide?
400
A fat that has only single bonded atoms is called this.
What is saturated?
400
The reaction that breaks peptide bonds.
What is hydrolysis?
400
The sugar found in DNA.
What is deoxyribose?
500
Each time a monomer is added to a chain, a water molecule is lost in this type of reaction.
What is dehydration?
500
Sugars follow this ratio of Carbon : Hydrogen : Oxygen
What is 1:2:1?
500
The body mass of a lean adult.
What is 18-25%?
500
The 3 functional groups of an amino acid.
What is amino, carboxyl and side chain?
500
The 3 subunits of a nucleotide.
What is a phosphate, a sugar and a base?
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