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Carbs
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acid
Vocab
100
Give three major functions of carbs
Energy, structure, and energy storage
100
What are four functions of a protein
Structure, signaling, movement, and immunity
100
What are four functions of a lipid
Isolation, Protection, Coushining, and chemical signaling
100
What is one function of a nucleic acid
It carries genetic information
100
What is a monomer
A single sub-unit of a molecule
200
What is the building block of carbs
Monosaccharides
200
What is the building block of a protein
Amino acids
200
What is the building block of a lipid
Three fatty acids
200
What is the building block of a nucleic acid
A nucleotide
200
What does hydrophilic and hydrophobic mean
Hydrophobic means to repel water and hydrophilic means to attract water
300
Give two examples of carbs
glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose,ect
300
Name four examples of a protein
Hair, nails, skin, blood cells, ect
300
Give three examples of a lipid
Fats, steroids, phospholipids, ect
300
What are two examples of a nucleic acid
DNA and RNA
300
What is a hydroxyl group
(-OH) polar, hydrophilic
400
How many hydroxyl groups does a carb have
five
400
How many amino groups does a protein have
Four
400
What is the structure of a lipid made up of
Glycerol and three fatty acids
400
Give four types of what nucleic acids are composed of
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
400
What is a polymer
A larger molecule made up of many sub-units(monomers)
500
What are the three types of carbs
monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides
500
Name two foods that are high in protein
Meat, Milk, Beans, eggs, ect
500
Give one example of how saturated fats are different then unsaturated fats
Unsaturated fats have a double bond
500
Nucleic acids have a sugar a base and what else
A phosphate group
500
What is a functional group
A group of atoms within a molecule that function in predictable ways