Carbohydrates
What elements do carbohydrates contain?
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
What elements do lipids contain?
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
What elements do proteins contain?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
What elements do nucleic acids contain?
If a carbohydrate contains 8 carbon atoms, how many hydrogen atoms must it contain?
16
What is the monomer of carbohydrates called?
monosaccarides
What are the parts of a lipid?
glycerol and fatty acids
What is the monomer of proteins called?
amino acids
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
nucleotides
Is CO2 organic? Why?
CO2 is inorganic because it does not contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Name two functions of carbohydrates.
quick energy and structure
Name two functions of lipids.
insulation and construction of the cell membrane,
Name four functions of proteins.
structure, muscle contraction, immune response and enzymes
Name the function of nucleic acids.
store and transmit genetic information
What do phospholipids do?
Name three examples of carbohydrates.
glucose, cellulose, starch, glycogen, chitin, etc.
What are 3 examples of lipids?
cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids
What do proteins often end in?
-in
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
phosphate, sugar, and base
What is the relationship between nucleic acids and proteins?
Nucleic acids provide the instructions to build proteins.
What suffix do sugars often end in?
-ose
True or False: Steroids are lipids.
true
What are two examples of proteins?
melanin, keratin, hemoglobin, insulin, etc.
What are the examples of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
Where are nucleic acids located in the cell?