General
Large, complex molecules that are essential for life processes
What are macromolecules?
The main role of carbohydrates
What is an energy provider?
The main roles of lipids
What is energy storage and cell membrane structure?
The main roles of proteins
What are enzymes, structure, transport and defense?
The main role of nucleic acids
What is storing and emitting genetic information?
The four types of macromolecules
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
An example of a carbohydrate
What are sugars, starches, cellulose?
An example of a lipid
What are fats, oils, waxes and steroids?
An example of a protein
The two types of nucleic acids
One possible application of macromolecules
Medicine, agriculture, materials science (other answers possible!)
The elements that make up carbohydrates
What are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
The structure of a lipid
What is hydrophobic or amphipathic?
The components of a protein
What are amino acids and peptide bonds?
The main components of a nucleic acid
What are nucleotides? (Made of sugar, phosphate and a nitrogenous base)
The process of building larger molecules
What is dehydration synthesis?
Types of carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides?
Types of lipids
The levels of proteins
What are primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary?
The base pairs of DNA
What are Adenine-Thymine and Cytosine-Guanine?
The process of breaking down larger molecules
What is hydrolysis?
Carbohydrates’ role in nutrition
What is an energy source?
Lipids’ role in nutrition
What is a main energy source?
Proteins’ roles in nutrition
What is growth and repair?
Nucleic acids’ role in nutrition
What is cell division?