Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Misc.
100
The monomer of a sugar
What is a monosaccharide or a simple sugar?
100
The monomer of proteins.
What is an amino acid?
100
A triglyceride is a lipid. These two things make up the monomer for a triglyceride.
What is a 3-fatty acid chain and a glycerol backbone?
100
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
100
The term used in Biology for "building blocks"
What is a monomer?
200
This monosaccharide is used for short-term energy.
What is glucose?
200
The group that makes each amino acid different.
What is the R group?
200
This lipid composes the cell membrane.
What is a phospholipid?
200
This is where DNA is located in eukaryotes.
What is the nucleus?
200
This is where the DNA is found in prokaryotes.
What is the cytoplasm/nucleoid region?
300
This polysaccharide is composed of a long chain of glucose molecules that make up the plant cell wall.
What is cellulose?
300
Proteins are produced by which cellular organelles?
What are ribosomes?
300
The type of lipid that marine animals use to insulate their bodies.
What is blubber?
300
The full name for DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
300
The term we use for certain macromolecules that we cannot produce, but we have to consume. 9 of 20 amino acids falls into this category.
What is "essential"?
400
The amount of calories each carbohydrates provide per gram of carbohydrate consumed?
What is 4 (calories per gram)?
400
The type of bond that links amino acids together
What is a peptide bond?
400
These two types of fats are separated by the structure of their fatty acid tails (some are all single bonds, some have double bonds).
What are saturated and unsaturated fats?
400
A type of nucleic acid that is the main energy currency in the cellular level.
What is ATP?
400
Cellular organelle where ATP is made
What is the mitochondria?
500
This complex carbohydrate is the primary component of fungal cell walls and exoskeletons of arthropods
What is chitin?
500
This specialized protein speeds up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy.
What is an enzyme?
500
The amount of calories a gram of fat provides when consumed?
What is 9 (calories per gram)?
500
The chemical elements that form a nucleic acid. (HINT: There are FIVE)
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, and Nitrogen?
500
Stored in the liver and used to create glucose when blood sugar is low.
What is glycogen?