Proteins
These are the monomers of protiens.
What are amino acids?
These make up nucleic acids.
What are Nucleotides?
These are the building blocks of carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides?
Lipids are the polymers of these.
What are fatty acids & glycerol?
This macromolecule tends to end in -ase.
What is Protein?
This is the name for a polymer in this category.
What is protein?
Nucleic acids are made up of these elements.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen & Phosphorous (CHONP)?
These are the 2 major function of carbohydrates.
What is "provide short term energy" and "make up the cell walls of plants?"
These are the 5 functions of lipids.
What are Insulation, Cushioning & Protection, Form cell membranes, LONG TERM energy storage, Waterproofs?
The process in which water is pulled out of monomers to join them into polymers.
What is Dehydration/Condensation Synthesis?
This is another name for protein.
What is Polypeptide?
These are the 3 components of a nucleotide.
What are sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base?
These are the elements within carbohydrates.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, & Oxygen (CHO)?
This is the major function of lipids.
*Hint: What is the most common function of lipids we see every day?
What is long term energy (stored energy)?
These are the 4 macromolecules.
What are Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, & Nucleic Acids?
These are the elements that make up proteins.
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, & Nitrogen (CHON)?
These are the 2 examples of Nucleic Acids.
What is DNA and RNA?
This is another word for "sugar."
What is "-saccharide?"
These are the elements found in lipids.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, small amount of Oxygen, & sometimes Phospherous?
*CH (small # of O; sometimes P)
Macromolecules can also be called these 3 different names.
What are Biomolecules, Organic molecules, & Polymers?
These are the 3 functions of proteins we learned about.
1. Control the rate of reactions (enzymes)
2. Structural components/Make up bones & muscles
3. Muscle contraction
These are the functions of nucleic acids.
What is "store genetic info" and "code for proteins?"
Many carbohydrates end in this suffix.
What is "-ose?"
These are examples of lipids.
What are fats, oils, waxes, steroids, & cholesterol?
This is a single small unit that can be joined together to create larger molecules.
What is Monomer?