Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Miscellaneous
100
What are some foods contain carbohydrates?
Bread Cereal Pasta Potatoes
100
What are some foods that contain lipids?
Butter Oils
100
What are some foods that contain proteins?
Meat Chicken Fish Eggs
100
What are two examples of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
100
What is an atom?
Smallest unit of matter
200
What is the building block of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides (sugar)
200
What is the building block of lipids?
Fatty acids
200
What is the building block of proteins?
Amino acids
200
What is the building block of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
200
What is the difference between a monomer and a polymer?
A monomer is one single building block, or molecule. A polymer occurs when more than two (or many) building blocks join together to form a larger molecule.
300
What are two functions of carbohydrates?
Energy Forms plant cell walls
300
What are two functions of lipids?
Energy storage Insulation Forms cell membranes
300
What are two functions of proteins?
Enzymes Structural (hair, fingernails) Hormones Muscles transport oxygen (hemoglobin)
300
What is the function of nucleic acids?
Information storage (DNA and RNA)
300
What is a macromolecule?
Large organic molecules
400
What are the elements that make up carbohydrates?
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen
400
What elements make up lipids?
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen
400
What elements make up proteins?
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Sulfur
400
What elements make up nucleic acids?
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Sulfur Phosphorous
400
What is the difference between an element, a molecule, and a compound? Give examples of each.
An element only contains one type of atom, while a molecule contains more than one type of atom. A compound is a molecule that contains two or more different types of atoms. Element - Hydrogen Molecule - H2O Compound - CO2
500
Explain why athletes might eat a large pasta dinner before a big game, or race.
It is a meal that is rich in carbohydrates, which is a good source of energy so they have the energy they need for the game.
500
What does it mean to be hydrophobic? Which macromolecule is hydrophobic?
Fear of water Lipids
500
What are enzymes?
Proteins that help speed up chemical reactions in the body.
500
What is does the structure of DNA look like? What nitrogen containing bases make up DNA?
Twisted ladder Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
500
What is an organic molecule?
Molecules of life that contain carbon and Hydrogen.
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