Carbohydrate
Elements make up carbohydrates
What is carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
Process involves adding water and breaking bigger molecules into smaller monomers
What is hydrolysis
The building blocks of lipids.
What is carbon, oxygen, and hydrogens
Amino acids combine together to make this biomolecule
What is Protein
This element is only found in nucleic acids
What is phosphorous
Carbohydrates serve this primary purpose in the body
What is short term energy source?
The suffix -lys means this
What is break down or split
The primary function of lipids
What is long term energy storage
Building blocks of amino acids
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
The monomer of Nucleic Acids
What are nucleotides.
The three types of bonds that carbon can make..
single, double, and/or triple
This molecule is removed during dehydration synthesis
What is water
Name the three functions of lipids
What are long term energy, cell membranes, and waterproofing
This element is found both nucleic acids and specifically in amino acids
The three parts of a nucleic acid
What is nitrogen base, sugar backbone, and phosphate group
Name 2 molecule shapes that carbon helps produce.
What is long chain, branched chain, ring shaped
This is where energy stored in molecules
What is the bonds
The two parts that make up a lipid
Glycerol and fatty acids
The 4 functions of proteins
Transport, form tissues, fight disease, help with chemical reactions
These bases bond in DNA
What is A-T and G-C?
This specific particle causes carbon to be considered 'nimble'
What are the 4 valence electrons
What is the general process called when monomers are put together to make polymers?
What is dehydration synthesis or polymerization
Difference between unsaturated and saturated fats
Saturated have all single bonds and unsaturated have at least one double bond
The three parts of an animo acid
R-side chain, carboxylic acid, amino group
This type of bond exists between the bases A-T and G-C
What are hydrogen bonds