Random Knowledge
What do "Macromolecules" LITERALLY translate to?
This macromolecule is found in sugar, syrup, and honey. (be specific)
What are Simple Carbs?
What is the job of proteins?
Give three examples of lipids.
What are fats, oils, and wax?
The job of nucleic acids.
To store and transmit hereditary(genetic) information
the study of compounds that CONTAIN bonds vs. the study of all other compounds
What are Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry?
3 examples of Simple and Complex Carbohydrates (each):
Simple: sugar, fruits, milk
Complex: Pasta, Banana, Bread, (whole grain things and veggies)
What are the polymers of a protein made of?
What are Amino Acids?
True or false: Lipids are soluble in water.
False
Nucleic Acids are polymers assembled from...
What are nucleotides?
Macromolecules are formed through this process...
What is Polymerization? (when monomers combine with each other)
Single sugar molecules
What are Monosaccharides?
What do proteins contain (element-wise)?
What are Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen?
What is used to store energy in organisms?
These 3 parts make up nucleic acids.
What is a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
A-B + H2O --> A-H + B-OH
This process is...
What is Hydrolysis?
The ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in a carb compound
What is 1:2:1?
Covalent bonds that link amino acids together to form a polypeptide.
Peptide Bonds
These 2 specific atoms make up a lipid.
What are carbon and hydrogen atoms?
These 5 specific atoms make up Nucleic Acids.
What is hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus?
All chemical reactions that occur in the body.
What is Metabolism?
This consists of glucose and fructose and is also known as ordinary table sugar.
What is Sucrose?
Amino acids are compounds with ____ on one end and ____ on the other.
An Amino group (-NH2) & a Carboxyl group (-COOH)
How are Lipids made?
Made when a glycerol molecule combines with a fatty acid.
These are two examples of nucleic acids...
(have to give full name)
What are Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)?