Biomolecules
How many major biomolecule groups are there?
What is 4?
What is the function of carbs?
Energy
This biomolecule is important for long term energy storage and it makes up the cell membrane.
What are lipids?
This macromolecule is important for structure, protection, speeding up chemical reactions and fighting infections.
What are proteins?
These are two examples of nucleic acids.
What are DNA and RNA?
Biomolecules are found in what?
What is food
What is carbohydrate's monomer?
Monosaccharide
The monomers of lipids.
What are fatty acids and glycerol?
Proteins monomers.
What are amino acids?
Monomers of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
Large polymers are broken down into monomers in this process...
What is hydrolysis?
Which disaccharide is known as table sugar?
What is sucrose?
Fatty acids with no double bonds and no bends.
What are saturated fatty acids?
The elements that make up proteins.
What are Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen?
The three parts of a nucleotide.
What are Sugar, phosphate and nitrogen base?
The four major biomolecules are...
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucelic acids.
What are 3 elements found in carbs?
C H O
Bent fatty acids with one or more sets of double bonds between the Carbons.
What are unsaturated fatty acids?
The amino acids bond with this type of bond.
What is a peptide bond?
These types of food are where you would find nucleic acids.
What is food that was once alive (animal, plant life)
Monomers are joined to make polymers in this process.
What is Dehydration synthesis
This monosaccharide is the main energy source for plants and animals.
What is glucose?
The lipid that makes up the cell membrane.
What are phospholipids?
Enzymes like catalase, are examples of this biomolecule.
What are proteins?
These elements make up the nucleic acid biomolecules.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxyxgen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus?