Carbohydrates
A kind of carbohydrate that you would eat with spaghetti sauce.
What is pasta?
A kind of lipid that you would use to fry french fries in.
What is oil?
A kind of protein that many people bring to potlucks deviled.
What are eggs?
The material that holds all of our genetic information.
What is DNA?
A small molecule that is a part of a long chain.
What is a monomer?
The monomers of carbohydrates are called this.
What are monosaccharides?
The more healthy fatty acid that contains double-bonds.
What is unsaturated fats?
The monomers of protein are called this.
What are amino acids?
A single-strand nucleic acid that helps build proteins.
What is RNA?
A chain made out of many smaller molecules.
What is a polymer?
The polymers of carbohydrates are called this.
What are polysaccharides?
The less healthy kind of fatty acid that only has single bonds and has a ton of hydrogens.
What is saturated fat?
We need this many amino acids in our bodies to effectively live.
What is 20?
A monomer of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
On a carbon ring, there is this element on every vertex.
What is carbon?
Carbohydrates include sugars and these other molecules that potatoes are made out of.
What is a starch?
Lipids include fats, oils, and these which are found in eggs and bacon.
What is cholesterol?
We can make this many amino acids within our own bodies.
What is 12?
DNA and RNA are both made out of this common element found in every living thing.
What is carbon?
As a person with diabetes, you would want to avoid this kind of macromolecule.
What are carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides are also known as this phrase.
What are simple sugars?
Unsaturated fats are normally found in these common household items.
What are oils?
Amino acids include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and this other common element found in soil.
What is nitrogen?
Each rung on the "ladder" of DNA is this monomer of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
An if/then statement that is testable (part of the scientific method).
What is a hypothesis?