Carbs
What are the elements of a carb AND in what ratio?
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio
Give a food example of Lipid
avocado, butter, oils, waxes
What are the elements of a protein?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
What are the elements of nucleic acids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.
What is a monomer?
a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer
What are the monomers of a carb?
Monosaccharides
What are the monomers of lipids?
fatty Acids and glycerol
What are the monomers of a protein?
amino acids
What are the monomers of nucleic acids?
Nucleotide-phosphate, 5 carbon, and a nitrogenous base.
phospholipid bilayer
What are the polymers of a carb?
Polysaccharides.
Why can't lipids dissolve in water?
they are hydrophobic
What are the polymers of a protein?
Polypeptides
What are the 3 parts to a nucleotide?
Phosphate group, Sugar group, and nitrogenous base
Name of the two functional groups in proteins
amino group and carboxyl group
Name an example of a *molecule* carbohydrate
glucose, sucrose, fructose, glycogen, starch
Name an example of a lipid.
fats
oils
waxes
Steriods
name an example of a protein.
enzymes, hair, skin, nails, muscles
name an example of a nucleic acid
DNA
RNA
What is the name for breaking polymers into monomers?
Hydrolysis
What is the function of a carb?
short term energy source
What is the function of lipids in leaves
Traps the water
What is the name of the bond that form when amino acids join together?
Peptide Bond
What is the function of nucleic acid?
Genetic Information
List 3 functions of lipids
fat storage, cell membrane, long term energy, hormones