Functional Groups
An oxygen and a hydrogen atom
What is a Hydroxyl?
A long molecule consisting of
many identical or similar building blocks
(monomers) strung together.
What is a polymer?
Hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides linked together by dehydration reactions
What are polysaccharides?
A carbon double bonded to an oxygen
What is a carbonyl group?
What are the monomers for carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
A STORAGE polysaccharide in plants
What is starch?
A large lipid made from glycerol
and 3 fatty acids
What is a fat?
What is a carboxyl group?
What are the monomers for Proteins?
Amino acids
A STORAGE polysaccharide in animals
What is glycogen?
All the hydrocarbon chains have single bonds. The chains will be straight.
What is saturated fatty acid?
What is an amino group?
What are the monomers for nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
A STRUCTURAL polysaccharide found in plant cell walls
What is cellulose?
The hydrocarbon chain has 1+ double bonds, it will produce a kink or bend.
What is unsaturated fatty acid?
Contains phosphorus and oxygen
What is a phosphate group?
Notably are not made up of similar monomers
What are the monomers of lipids?
A STRUCTURAL polysaccharide used by insects and crustaceans to build the exoskeleton
What is Chitin?
Contain only 2 fatty acids attached to glycerol. A negatively charged phosphate group is
attached to glycerol’s 3rd carbon
What are phospholipids?