Macromolecules 1
Definition of a Macromolecules
What is a giant molecule or a big group of atoms.
Serve as energy and structure
What is Carbohydrates?
Elements found in Proteins
CHON
What parts of your body can protein be found in
What are Mucles, skin, hair?
Example of Cholesterol
What are lipids?
Name the Macromolecules
What are Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acids?
What kind of polymers do Carbohydrates have
What is polysaccharides
What macromolecule speeds up chemical reactions?
Proteins
There are 20 types of me.
Amino Acids
I help speed up reactions
What are enzymes ?
Definition of a Polymer
What is a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks? or long chains of monomers.
The simplest Carbohydrates
What is Monosaccharides or Single sugars?
I have 3 parts to me what am I?
What is a nucleotide?
Enymes are this type of macromolecule?
What is Protein?
What macromolecules were found in Luisa's pesto pasta?
lipids and complex carbs
The building blocks in a Polymer
What is a Monomer?
Unsaturated fats are what type of macromolecules?
What is Lipids?
I build muscles
What is a Protein?
Starch is a type of which macromolecule?
Carbohydrates
Makes up our cell membranes
Lipids
Which of the four classes of life’s organic molecules does NOT dissolve in water?
What are Lipids?
Consist of 2 fatty acids
What is Phospholipids?
What elements are found in nucleic acids
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
Nucleotides make up which macromolecule?
What are Nucleic Acids?
Contains genetic information in the form of genes
What are Nucleic Acids?