Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Chemical Reactions
100

Monomer for Proteins

Amino Acids

100

Monomer is to monosaccharide as Polymer is to _________________

Polysaccharide

100

What two things make up a lipid?

Fatty acids and glycerol

100

Nucleotides are the monomer of nucleic acids and they are made from 3 parts: a sugar, a phosphate group, and a ______________

Nitrogenous base (A / T / C / G / U)

100

What type of reaction puts monomers together to make a polymer?

Dehydration (condensation)

200

Polymer for Proteins

Polypeptides

200

Starch stores glucose in _____________ cells and glycogen stores glucose in ______________ cells.

Plant / Animal

200

What type of lipid do you find in the cell membrane?

Phospholipid

200

Which type of nucleic acid can leave the nucleus?

RNA!

200

The stomach contains enzymes that break down your food during digestion. What type of reaction is this?

Hydrolysis

300

What type of bonds hold amino acids together in a chain?

Peptide bonds (covalent!)

300

Name 3 examples of a monosaccharide (simple sugar).

Glucose

Sucrose


300

True / False: Lipids are ALWAYS hydrophobic.

True!

300

What are the two polymers of nucleic acids?

DNA and RNA

300

What part of an amino acid determines its uniqueness and its folding properties?

R group

400

True / False: Proteins store energy for the body to use.

FALSE

400

Carbohydrates are useful for two purposes: What are they?

Short term energy and structure in the cell!

400

Unsaturated triglycerides are _________ at room temperature and have ___________ legs. 

Liquid / bent

400

A nucleic acid technically has another macromolecule contained in it. What is that macromolecule and what are the two types?

Carbohydrate: deoxyribose and ribose sugar

400

True / False: The substrate will compete with an allosteric inhibitor for the active site on an enzyme.

FALSE (allosteric is a non-competitive inhibitor so it binds elsewhere on the enzyme!)

500

Which is an example of a protein?

Amylase, Steroids, Cellulose, Triglycerides, RNA

Amylase!! (Ends in -ase so it's an enzyme!)

500

Name the carbohydrate found in the cell wall of plants, fungi, and bacteria. 

Cellulose, Chitin, Peptidoglycan

500

In order to ADD individual fatty acid chains to a triglyceride, a ______________ reaction has to happen.

Dehydration (water is removed!)

500

What are the two functions of nucleic acids?

Hold genetic information and holds info on how to make proteins

500

In an endergonic reaction, energy is ____________ and therefore it is spontaneous or nonspontaneous?

STORED and NONSPONTANEOUS