What is the difference between an unsaturated fat and a saturated fat?
Unsaturated fats has a double carbon bond
200
Name the two types of nucleic acids
DNA and RNA
200
What is a simpler name for lipids?
Fatty acids
300
What is catabolism?
The process where macromolecules are broken into monomers.
300
What is used and produced during anabolism?
Energy is used
Water is produced
300
What is used and produced during catabolism?
Water is used
Energy is produced
300
Which elements are carbohydrates made of?
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen
300
In order for your body to produce steroids it needs a base steroid, name this base steroid.
Cholesterol
400
What type of macromolecule is a steroid?
Lipid
400
What are enzymes and what do they do?
They are proteins that help speed up digestion.
400
There are three classes of carbohydrates, name them.
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccherides
400
Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides. What are the parts of a nucleotide?
Sugar, a phosphate, a nitrogenous base.
400
True or false: Carbon and hydrogen are elements that are found in all organic molecules.
True
500
Animals cells have a major source of energy what is it and is it a monomer or a macromolecule?
carbohydrate and it is a macromolecule
500
Which of these foods contain saturated fat?
A) salmon
B) avocado
C) cheese
D) nuts
C) cheese
500
This biological macromolecule is responsible for controlling the activity of the cell, and it stores and transports genetic information:
A) carbohydrates
B) nucleic acid
C) water
D) glucose
B) nucleic acid
500
Which macromolecule does not dissolve in water?
A) proteins
B) lipids
C) carbohydrates
D) nucleic acids
B) lipids
500
Bonus! (double points for the correct answer)
Lactose intolerant people do not make the __________ that breaks the glycosidic bond between the two glucose molecules in the milk sugar.