Lipids
what is an element that makes up a lipid?
Carbon
what is a protein's main function
controls reactions
what is a carbohydrate's main function
main source of energy
what is nucleic acid's main function
to store and transmit hereditary information
what are the building blocks of macromolecules called
subunits
what are the monomers of a lipid?
Glycerol with three fatty acid chains
what are the sub units of proteins
amino acids
what are the building blocks
monnosacharides
what are the sub units of nucleic acids
nucleotides
assembling sub units into complex structures is called what
polymerazation
what is the main function of a lipid?
stores energy
what is specific about the shape
has side r chain
what shape is a carbohydrate
DAILY DOUBLE
a ring
what elements make up nucleic acids
CHONP
what are multiple monomers put together called
a polymer
what is an element that makes up a lipid?
hydrogen
how many different r chains were there
20
what elements make up carbohydrates
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
what is the component of a nucleotide
5 carbon sugar, phosphate and nitrogenous base
what element is perfect for building macromolecules because it bonds with itself?
carbon
what is the final element that makes up a lipid?
oxygen
what are the three structures of a protein
primary, secondary, tertiary
carbohydrates are sugars that usually end in what 3 letters
"ose"
amino acids are held together by what
peptide bonds
how many bonds can carbon form?
4