What is a compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; type of nutrient that is a major source?
Carbohydrate
What is a type of catalyst that lowers the activation energy in a chemical reaction?
Enzyme
A biomolecule made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms and includes fats, oils, and waxes would be called a.... ?
Lipid
What is a substance that speeds up the role of a chemical reaction?
What do structural proteins help do?
Make up the skeleton of a living orginism.
A lipid containing a phosphate group in it's molecule would be a phospholipid? True or False?
True
What would you call a protein that assist in the contraction of muscles?
Contractile Protein
What is the insoluble substance that makes up a cell wall of plants called?
Cellulose
What kind of complex molecules are made of carbon atoms?
Organic molecules.
Protein is a biomolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen; needed by the body for growth and repair. True or False
True
Proteins that transport substances across biological membranes are called ... ?
Transport
What is a stored form of glucose?
Glycogen / Polysaccharide
Define Endothermic.
Absorbs energy, feels cold to the touch.
Define Exothermic.
Release energy, feels hot to the touch.
What kind of proteins speed up or slow down chemical reactions?
Enzymatic Proteins
Hormone proteins control or regulate _____, development, metabolism, and _______________.
Growth
Reproduction
If a biomolecule contains hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus, what is it?
Nucleic Acid.