Proteins
What is the building block of proteins?
Amino Acids
What is the simple building block of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharides
Name 2 examples of lipids.
Fats and oils
What is the building blocks of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
What is the name of the bond that that joins amino acids?
Peptide Bond
Example of a monosaccharide
Glucose or Fructose
What vocab word describes being insoluble in water?
Hydrophobic.
What type of sugar is present in DNA?
Deoxyribose sugar
How many different amino acids are there?
20
what are the elements that are present in carbohydrates?
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
What are unsaturated fats?
Fats that are easily broken down by your body and contain double bonds in their structure.
What type of bonds are present between cytosine and guanine in DNA?
Hydrogen bonds
Name 2 functions of proteins.
Form muscles, transport Oxygen, Enzymes or Hormones.
What is the difference between a disaccharide and a polysaccharide?
Di= Two monosaccharides together. Poly= More than 2
What is the structure of a triglyceride?
1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids
A-U and C-G
Name one thing that can alter the shape of a protein.
Salt concentration, pH level or temperature
What carb is used for food storage in plants?
Starch
What do you call an artificially hydrogenated oil that the food industry uses to make items semi-solid?
Trans fats
Describe the structure of a nucleotide (there are three parts).
A phosphate group, a pentose sugar, and a nitrogenous base.