Large Carbon Molecules
Macromolecule
What is large carbon molecules called?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
What is Elements of Proteins?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
What is Elements of Lipids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosporus
What is Elements of Nucleic Acids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
What is Elements of Carbohydrates?
Made of many monomers bonded together making a polymer
What is large carbon molecules made up of?
Amino Acids
What is the Monomer of Proteins?
Fatty Acids and Glycerol
Nucleotides
What is the monomer of Nucleic Acids?
Monosaccharides
What is the monomer of Carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
What is examples of large carbon molecules?
Polypeptides
What is the polymer of Proteins?
Fats, oils, waxes
What is the polymers of Lipids?
DNA and RNA (Polynucleotides)
What is the polymers of Nucleic Acids?
Disaccharides and Polysaccharides
What is the polymers of Carbohydrates?
Thousands of covalently bonded atoms
What is large carbon molecules composed of?
Makes up meats, nuts, and eggs
What is Proteins?
Fats, oils, waxes, steroids, phospholipids
What is the categories of Lipids?
Determines the traits of living things
What is Nucleic Acids?
Glucose, glycogen, chitin, sucrose, cellulose
What is examples of Carbohydrates?
Carbon chains can bond with carbon rings to form very large, complex molecules
What is how large carbon molecules are formed?
Enzymes, Transports, Hormones, Contractile, Defense, Structural
What is the Functions of Proteins?
Long-term energy storage, insulation, building blocks of many hormones, cell membranes, waterproof biological barriers
What is the functions of Lipids?
Store and transmit genetic information and enable the production of proteins
Short-term energy source, storage, and structural components in cells
What is the functions of Carbohydrates?