Carbohydrates
The basic building block of carbohydrates.
What is a monosaccharide?
The building blocks of a protein.
What are amino acids?
The building blocks of most lipids.
What are 3 fatty acids and glycerol?
The monomer of a nucleic acid is called this
What is a Nucleotide?
The macromolecule that is primarily used for energy storage in animals.
What are lipids?
Name the elements that make up carbohydrates
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
The four elements or atoms that make up a protein.
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
The elements or atoms that make up a lipid.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Nucleic Acids are composed of these elements
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus?
The macromolecule that is crucial for the structure and function of enzymes.
What are proteins?
Name a common polysaccharide found in plants that stores energy.
What is starch?
A good food source for protein
Eggs, dairy, meat, nuts, seeds
The bond difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.
What is the presence or absence of double bonds between carbon atoms?
DNA is an initialism of these words
What is DeoxyriboNucleic Acid?
The macromolecule that stores genetic information.
What are nucleic acids?
The carbohydrate that is table sugar.
What is sucrose?
The term for proteins that act as biological catalysts.
What are enzymes?
Name the type of lipid that is a major component of cell membranes.
What are phospholipids?
This kind of information is stored and transmitted by nucleic acids
What is genetic/hereditary information?
The macromolecule that is important for quick energy release in cells.
What are carbohydrates?
The carbohydrate found in cell walls of plants and provides structural support.
What is cellulose?
The type of bond forms between amino acids in a protein.
What is a peptide bond?
The type of lipid that is liquid at room temperature.
What are unsaturated fats?
Another type of macromolecule that makes up part of the structure of a nucleic acid
what is a sugar/carbohydrate?
These lipids are responsible for absorption of fat-soluble vitamins
What are Saturated Fats?