Proteins
What is an example of a complex Carbohydrate?
Bananas, Pasta, Oats
What is the role of a macromolecule?
To provide structural support, store fuel, and speed biochemical reactions.
DNA and RNA
Secondary Structure.
The sugar found in milk is called?
Lactose
What does fat surronding the vital organs provide?
protection and cushion for the organs
What is the word to describe the physical structure of DNA?
Double Helix
What are polymers and what are they made of?
Polymers are made up of very large molecules called macromolecules. Polymers make up many materials in living organisms.
Which fat is worse for your body: Trans, Saturated, or Unsaturated?
Trans fat
True or False: Disaccharides are a simple carbohydrate.
What does hydrophobic mean?
Long chainlike molecules made of nearly identical building blocks called nucleotides.
Dehydration synthesis is a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule.
What is the Monomer of protein?
Amino Acids
Describe the structure of a Polysaccharide
Long chains of carbohydrate molecules connected by Glyosidic bonds
3 fatty acids and a glycerol.
Where is DNA primarily found
The Nucleus
What does Ribose do for your body?
Ribose plays a crucial role in producing ATP which is the primary carrier in cells.
Between what groups does a peptide bond occur in proteins?
the amino group of one amino acid and the carboxyl group of another.
What do complex carbohydrates become when they enter your body but cant go to your liver, blood, or muscles?
Fats
Phospholipids
Name all 3 units found in a nucleotide?
Base, Phosphate, Sugar
What is a phosphodiester linkage?
When two of the hydroxyl groups in phosphoric acid react with hydroxyl groups on other molecules to form two ester bonds.