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 essential elements...
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Phosphorous?
200
Function.
What is short term energy?
200
Has only single bonds and is solid at room temperature.
What is saturated lipid (fat)?
200
Molecules that contain carbon atoms covalently bonded with hydrogen atoms.
What are biological macromolecules?
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
How animals store carbohydrates.
What is glycogen?
300
Two main functions.
What are store energy for long-term use and provide insulation from the environment?
300
Two main components of the cell membrane.
What are phopholipids (lipid) and proteins?
400
Function that proteins have that overlaps with lipids.
What is cell membrane?
400
structure of DNA
What is double stranded double helix?
400
Examples are cellulose, starch and glycogen.
What are polysaccharides?
400
Fats and oils, phospholipids, steroids and waxes.
What are the types of lipids?
400
_____ are smaller molecules bound together and called subunits, while _____ are built from ______.
What are monomers, polymers and monomers?
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
____ are the building blocks of proteins and there are ____ different R groups (also called side chains).
What are amino acids and 20?
500
the storage unit of carbohydrates in plants.
What is starch?
500
This is an important lipid that is the precursor to many other lipids such as vitamin D and K.