Carbs: Fuel or Fiber?
What is starch?
This carbohydrate stores energy in plants.
What is glucose?
This is the monomer of carbohydrates.
What is a protein? (not the monomers)
This biomolecule builds muscles, skin, and enzymes.
What is a monomer?
This is a small building block (like a LEGO).
What am I eating when I have a potato?
Starch
What is glycogen?
This polysaccharide stores energy in your liver and muscles.
How is a polysaccharide made
This process links glucose molecules together by removing water.
What are the building blocks of protein
Amino acids
What is a polymer?
This is a long chain made of repeating monomers.
What am I eating if I have fried chicken? (two main things)
protein and fat
What is cellulose?
We can’t digest this carbohydrate, but it helps our digestion.
How does a polysaccharide break down
This process breaks down starch into glucose by adding water
How many protein monomers do we have?
20 amino acids
What is a condensation reaction?
Monomers coming together to form bigger molecules by releasing one water molecule
I am in butter and ghee
Lipids
What is fructose?
This type of carbohydrate gives you quick energy.
Why is it the quickest form of energy?
Already simple sugar easy to absorb
What are essential aa?
The amino acids the body cannot make - need to be in the diet
What is a hydrolysis reaction?
Breaking down bigger molecules by addition of water
I am what makes up your genetic information
Nucleic Acids
What is true?
True or False: Your body can break down starch into glucose.
How is glucose stored in the body?
As glycogen in liver and muscles
What is a complete protein
A food source that has all 20 amino acids
Explain (fully) what happens to food when you eat it
Your body digests it and if its not already in its simple monomer form, you will break it down by hydrolysis and then it can be absorbed by the body
I give plants structure but you cannot digest me
Cellulose