The presence of this element makes a molecule organic
What is carbon
The reason lipids and water don't mix
What is lipids are mostly non polar
This type of lipid is used for energy storage
What is a triglyceride
1:2:1
What is the ratio of Carbon to Hydrogen to Oxygen in a monosaccharide?
Main function of a Carbohydrate.
What is providing energy?
The number of bonds carbon can make
what is 4
The state of matter that a saturated fat will be in at room temperature
What is solid
This type of lipid is used to send signals through the body
what is a steroid
The number of water molecules that would be used to hydrolyze a molecule of glycogen that contained 87 glucose molecules
What is 86
a polysaccharide that is found in the cell wall of plants and indigestible for most animals
What is cellulose
The chemical process of building polymers from monomers
What is dehydration synthesis
The term used to describe phospholipids polarity
what is amphipathic
This type of lipid forms a bilayer in water
what is a phospholipid
a simple sugar with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆
What is glucose
This type of carbohydrate is plant energy storage that we harvest for food.
What is starch
When these two elements bond they form a non polar covalent bond.
what is carbon and hydrogen
A fatty acid with a double bond in the hydrocarbon tail
What is unsaturated

What is a steroid/hormone
This type of carbohydrate is formed from a dehydration reactions of 2 sugars.
what is a disaccharide
Glycogen, starch and cellulose
What are polysaccharides of glucose
The chemical process of breaking down polymers into their monomers with the addition of water
What is hydrolysis
The number of monomers that form a triglyceride
What is 4
A wax is made up of a fatty acid and a hydrocarbon combining to form 1 molecule. This many water molecules is formed
What is 1
3 key sugar polymers
what are cellulose starch glycogen
The structural difference between the glucose polymers
What are branched & helical chains (glycogen), helical chains (starch), linear chains (cellulose)