D-3: Lipids Notes
This is the main function of lipids.
What is a source of long-term energy?
Weddell seals and bowhead whales have this adaptation to keep them warm in the cold water.
What is blubber?
This is the main function of nucleic acids.
What is the code for proteins that provide instructions for the functioning of cells?
The base Adenine (A) will only ever pair with this base in DNA.
What is Thymine (T)?
This other function of lipids, found in seals and whales in cold water.
What is insulation?
This is the main type of fat found in animal products, like butter.
What are saturated fats?
Parents with brown eyes have a child with brown eyes highlights the other function of nucleic acids.
What is the transfer of genetic information from one generation to the next?
In base pair rules, the base Cytosine (C) will only ever pair with this base.
What is Guanine (G)?
This monomer of lipids is found in cell membranes, specifically the tail of the phospholipid bilayer.
What are fatty acids?
This is the main type of fat found in plants, with examples of olive or sunflower oil.
What are unsaturated fats?
This monomer of nucleic acids creates the basic building blocks of genetic material.
What is a nucleotide?
This is the shape of a DNA molecule.
What is a double helix?
This lipid type is sold at room temperature.
What is saturated fat?
This is the unit used to measure how much energy it takes to heat 1 gram of water to 1 degree Celsius.
What is a calorie?
This example of nucleic acids carries genetic information to the next generation, found in the nucleus of cells in eukaryotes.
What is DNA?
The "backbone" that supports the DNA molecule consists of these two things.
What is sugar-phosphate?
This example of a lipid is often found in the cells and blood, and can lead to heart diseases if too much of the bad type.
What is cholesterol?
Plants that live in desert/dry environments often have this type of adaptation to reduce water loss.
What is a waxy outer layer (a cuticle)?
This other example of a monomer of nucleic acids is similar to the other type and helps make proteins that are used for cell/body function.
What is RNA?
These 3 things make up a single nucleotide in a DNA/RNA molecule.
What are sugar, phosphate, and a base pair?