Macromolecules 1
What elements make up Carbohydrates?
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
What are the 4 major macromolecules?
lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids
What macromolecule do fats and oils belong?
Lipids
What is the name given to the polymer composed of two monosaccharides?
Disaccharide
Glycerol is needed to build what type of macromolecule?
Lipids
What is the monomer of carbohydrate?
monosaccharide
Lipids have longer lasting energy than Carbohydrates. True or False.
TRUE
What is the monomer of Protein?
amino acid
The monomer units that make up nucleic acids.
Nucleotide
The number of different amino acids commonly found in proteins.
20
What is the meaning of DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What macromolecule whose function is about carrying genetic information?
Nucleic Acid
What are the four nitrogenous bases of RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine
This is the property of water that allows it to stick to other substances and surfaces.
What is Adhesion?
What are the complementary base pair to adenine in DNA?
Thymine
What are the two types of lipids?
Saturated and Unsaturated
What are the two nucleic acids?
What is DNA and RNA?
What is the storage form of energy in animals?
Glycogen
What structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi?
Chitin
mRNA, rRNA, tRNA
This is the difference between each amino acid.
What is the 'R' group?
What pentose or a 5-carbon sugar can be found in DNA?
Deoxyribose
This is the combination of adhesion and cohesion that permits water molecules to defy gravity (wicked reference)
What is a Capillary Action?
What is the process of linking monomers together to form a polymer with the removal of water molecules?
Dehydration Synthesis
Polymers are broken down into monomers in a process known as ____________, which means “to split water,”
Hydrolysis