Carbohydrates
The monomer unit for carbohydrates
What is sugars?
The monomers unit for lipids
What is fatty acids?
The monomer unit for proteins
What is Amino acids?
The monomer unit for nucleic acids
What is nucleotides?
A molecule having a slight positive & negative charge gives it what water property?
What is Polarity
Carbohydrates, also known as...
What is saccharides
The main function of fats is..
What is phospholipids in membrane
Proteins are organized at four levels, they are...
What is primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary?
2 types of nucleic acids
What is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) & ribonucleic acid (RNA)
*DAILY DOUBLE*
2 or more atoms joined by temporary chemical bonds due to the attraction of Hydrogen to another charged atom..
What is a hydrogen bond
Carbohydrates are a group of macromolecules that have a main function of...
What is a vital (first) energy source for the cell?
Phospholipids have two parts that make it... (head vs. legs)
what is hydrophobic & hydrophilic
Each amino acid is made up of what three major parts?
What is a (C.A.R) Carboxyl, Amino, and R-group.
Nucleic acids are macromolecules that have the function of...
What store genetic information and enable protein production?
Macromolecules are made up repeating parts called...
What is monomers?
Carbohydrates are biological molecules made up of mostly which two elements...
What is carbon and hydrogen
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Lipids are insoluble in polar solvents such as...
What is water?
Enzymes help the cell by..
What is by breaking things apart/building things. They speed up reaction time.
In DNA, the nucleotides are referred to in shorthand as...
What are A, C, T, and G?
DNA stands for...
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Carbohydrates work in the membrane of the cell as..
What is a cell "name tag" - an identifier for other molecules.
In Lipids, Unsaturated fatty acids have a...
Double points: What does this do to it's structure?
What is a double bond that bends/kinks the molecule
Proteins in help in the body by... (main functions)
What is help in metabolism by making & breaking molecules and/or by acting as enzymes, carriers, or hormones?
What do DNA and a street have in common?
What is they are both directional, meaning only one way to drive on the side of the street.
Water's ability to create bonds with more water molecules is called..
What is cohesion