Lipids
What are some examples of Lipids?
Oils, Nuts, Avocado, Cheeses, Butter, ETC.
What are some examples of Carbohydrates?
Bread, Pasta, Rice, ETC.
What are Macromolecules?
Large molecules that are important components in all living things.
What are some examples of Proteins?
Meats, Beans, Nuts, ETC.
What are some examples of Nucleic Acids?
All Food.
What are the atoms that makeup Lipids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.
What are the atoms that makeup Carbohydrates?
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen.
What are the types of macromolecules?
Lipids, Carbohydrates, Protiens, and Nucleic Acids.
What atoms make up Proteins?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur.
What are the atoms that make up Nucleic Acids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.
What is the monomer of Lipids?
There is no true Monomer for Lipids.
What is the monomer of Carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What does it mean when macromolecules are "organic"?
They contain Carbon.
What is the monomer of Proteins?
Amino Acids.
What is the monomer of Nucleic Acids?
Nucleotides.
What is the Polymer for Lipids?
Fatty Acids.
What is the Polymer of Carbohydrates?
Polysaccharides.
What are small pieces of macromolecules called?
Monomers
What is the Polymer of Proteins?
Polypeptides.
What is the Polymer of Nucleic Acids?
RNA and DNA.
What is the function of Lipids?
They are long-term storage of energy, insulation, and waterproofing.
What is the function of Carbohydrates?
They are short-term energy storage and the structure of living things.
What are multiple small pieces of macromolecules that are connected to each other called?
Polymer
What is the function of Proteins?
They are the structure of living things, Enzymes, and Immunity.
What is the function of Nucleic Acids?
They store genetic information (DNA) and transmit genetic information (RNA).