Biomolecule Jeopardy

Carbohydrate

100

What elements make up carbohydrates?

What is carbon, oxygen and hydrogen

200

What is sucrose?

What is table sugar

300

What is the function of carbohydrates

What is short term (quick) energy

400

What is the building block of carbohydrates?

What is a monosaccharide

500

Name 2 types of sugars.

What is surcose, glucose, cellulose, glycogen

Lipid

100

What elements make up lipids?

What is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

200

Are lipids polar or non-polar?

What is non-polar.

300

List 2 functions of lipids.

What is long term storage, insulation, protective coating

400

Building blocks of lipids (2)?

What is Fatty acid and a glycerol

500

Which fat has a kink in the tail?

What is unsaturdated

Nucleic Acid

100

What elements compose nucleic acids?

What is CHONP

200

What's the function of nucleic acids?

What is store genetic information.

300

Nucleotides are composed of a sugar, a phosphate group,and a ____?

What is a base

400

What are 2 examples of nucleic acids?

What is DNA and RNA

500

What is the building block of nucleic acids?

What is nucleotides

Proteins

100

What elements make up proteins

What is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

200

List 2 functions of proteins.

What is structure, support, repair, transportation, immunity, chemical reactions

300

What is the building block of proteins?

What is amino acids

400

How many amino acids are in the human body?

What is 20-22

500

What do enzymes do?

What is speed up chemical reactions

Misc.

100

What are the biomolecules?

What is carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

200

Which is bigger? DNA or RNA?

What is DNA

300

What biomolecule has a winding structure?

What is proteins

400

How many rings are in a polysaccharide??

What is 3 or more

500

What vocabulary word means "water fearing"?

What is hydrophobic