Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Water
100
This is the monomer of a carbohydrate.
What is a monosaccharide?
100
Besides containing Carbon, this is a characteristic that all lipids share.
What is they are hydrophobic (do not mix with water)?
100
This is the monomer of a protein.
What is an amino acid?
100
This is the monomer of a nucleic acid.
What is a nucleotide?
100
Allows tiny creatures to walk on water
Surface Tension
200
These are the elements that make up carbohydrates.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
200
These are the four different types of lipids.
What are triglycerides, phospholipids, waxes, and steroids?
200
These are the elements that make up a protein.
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
200
This macromolecule.
What is a nucleotide?
200
The two properties that allow water to move up plants Xylem walls.
What is cohesion and adhesion?
300
This is the ratio of elements that all carbons have.
What is 1:2:1?
300
Water will not dissolve lipids. However, will dissolve ionic and ____________ molecules
What is polar?
300
This speeds up a chemical reaction.
What is an enzyme?
300
These elements make up a nucleic acid.
What is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous?
300
Water will dissolve ionic or ___________ molecules
what is polar?
400
This type of macromolecule?
What is a carbohydrate?
400
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This macromolecule.
What is a steroid (lipid)?
400
This is what happens when a protein [Example: Enzymes] unfolds losing structure.
What is denaturation?
400
These are the two types of nucleic acids.
What is RNA and DNA?
400
This type of bond between water molecules is important in living systems because
It makes water cohesive
It gives water a high specific heat capacity
It helps water to be a good solvent for polar molecules
What is hydrogen bonding?
500
The type of reaction that breaks down a polysaccharide into a disaccharide
What is hydrolysis?
500
Carbohydrates provide short term energy. Lipids provide __________________
What is long term energy?
500
When a dipeptide is formed from two amino acids, this type of reaction takes place.
What is a Condensation Reaction?
500
This is the function of DNA and RNA.
What is DNA codes for genetic information and RNA codes for protein production?
500
You are overheating and sweat to return to a normal temperature. The sweat uses energy from your body to change forms causing you to feel cool.
What is evaporative cooling?