Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Macromolecules
100
What are amino acids?
Monomer/Building block of proteins
100
Building blocks of DNA and RNA
What are nucleotides?
100
building blocks of carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides?
100
building blocks of lipids
glycerol and fatty acids
100
Enzymes lower the _________ _______ to speed up the chemical reaction.
What is activation energy?
200
The bond between the monomers.
What is a peptide bond?
200
Nucleic acids are made up of these elements...
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and sometimes Phosphorous?
200
Function of carbohydrates
What is short term energy and cell wall?
200
Has only single bonds and is solid at room temperature.
What is saturated lipid (fat)?
200
Carries oxygen in the blood to the rest of the body (regulated by proteins)
What is hemoglobin?
300
A type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy.
What are Enzymes?
300
Three components of a nucleotide.
What are phosphate group, 5 carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base?
300
Has the same caloric value as
What is proteins?
300
Two main functions.
What are long term energy (stored energy), insulation of heat and to make cell membrane?
300
Two things that can affect the function of an enzyme.
What is temperature and pH?
400
Enzymes shape is changed so it stops functioning
What is denature?
400
structure of DNA
What is double stranded double helix?
400
Examples are cellulose, starch and glycogen.
What are polysaccharides? Complex Carbohydrates
400
Elements found in lipids.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen?
400
Another name for a simple sugar
monosaccharide
500
The functions of proteins
What are for Structural support, membranes, protection, catalysts (enzymes), transport, defense (anti-bodies), non-steriod hormones, regulation, movement (remember MEANS)
500
There are ___ amino acids and ___ of them are essential (gained by eating)
What are 20 and 8?
500
type of carbohydrates used in plants for structure.
What is cellulose?
500
This is an important lipid that is the precursor to many other lipids such as vitamin D. Also can be bad because to much clogs arteries. Hint Cheerios Commercial
What is cholesterol?
500
Another name for a complex carbohydrate.
What are polysaccharides?
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