Biomolecules 1
In humans and other multicellular organisms, this substance plays a central role as an quick energy source
What is carbohydrate?
Amino acids are the building block of what molecule?
Proteins
What class of molecules store and communicate genetic information?
Nucleic Acids
This process is used to join monomers together
What is dehydration synthesis?
This macromolecule is composed of glycerol and fatty acids.
What are lipids?
This contains deoxyribose sugar?
What is DNA?
Which of the biomolecules typically contains both nitrogen and a phosphate?
Nucleic Acids
This macromolecules is a prominent part of animal tissue and functions in insulation, helping animals conserve heat and is also hydrophobic?
Lipids
The number of levels of protein structure
What is 4?
Give an example of a disaccharide
What is sucrose, lactose, or maltose?
Adding water to a polymer causes this reaction
What is hyrdolysis?
Type of fat is usually solid at room temperature and does not have any carbon double bonds.
What are saturated fats?
These types of fats have at least one carbon double bond.
What are unsaturated fats?
Proteins are polymers composed of amino acids joined by ________bonds.
What are peptide bonds?
The type of bonds that hold the two sides of DNA together
What are hydrogen bonds?
This macromolecule can act as hormones and enzymes.
What are proteins?
The chemical formula for glucose?
C₆H₁₂O₆
Which macromolecule stores long-term energy for an organism?
lipids
These are lipids that have four rings bonded together
What are steroids?
The two types of nucleic acids
What are DNA and RNA?
This macromolecule is used for food storage in plants.
What is starch?
These are the four nucleotide bases for RNA
What are A, U, C, G?
This carbohydrate is used for food storage in animals.
What is glycogen?
The the four groups that are part of the amino acid
What is the R group, H group, C group, and N group?
The three components of a nucleotide
What is sugar, nitrogenous base, and a phosphate?