Carbohydrates
Name at least two the four functions of carbohydrates (Triple points of you can all four)
Fuel, structure, energy, and building materials
The monomers of proteins
Amino acids
The monomer of lipids are
Fatty acids
The monomer of nucleic acids
Nucleotides
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids are the ___ of life
The biomolecules of life
The three elements of glucose
Carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen
Are egg shells a form of protein
In fatty acid tails, the two elements
Carbon and hydrogen
True or false? DNA synthesis is necessary for cell reproduction
True
Many monomers stringed together creat this
The monomer of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Keratin is a form of protein that makes hard structures in our body. Name a body part that has keratin, double points if you can name the other
Nails and hair(fun fact, rhino horns are also make of keratin)
Lipids make this part of the cell
(Hint: it is both hydrophobic and hydrophilic)
The cell membrane
Nucleic acids are located here
In the nucleus of the cell
Structure dictates
Function
Why would somebody eat pasta the night before a big sport event
Because it’s high in carbohydrates and carbohydrates have energy storage
A form of proteins is enzymes. What is their purpose
To speed up/catalyze chemical reactions
Name five foods that have lipids
Correct answers include: any dairy products, and fats or oils, etc
This about you is controlled by nucleic acids, and is decided before you are even born
Your genetics
ATP is a form of ___ that is created in the mitochondria
Energy
Carbohydrates do their function here
In the mitochondria
This form of proteins is in the red blood cell, and helps carry oxygen
The hemoglobin
Name at least three of the four forms of lipids (Double points if you can name all four)
Phospholipids, steroids, bi-layers, and fatty acids
Name at least two of the three components of nucleotides (Double points if you can name all three)
A sugar molecule, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base
What type of carbohydrate, is starch
Starch is a complex carbohydrate