Monomers
The most basic unit of a carbohydrate, also known as “one-sugar”
Short term energy storage is the primary function of this biomolecule.
What is carbohydrates?
What is a polymer?
These are the five main food groups.
What are dairy, protein, vegetable, fruit and grain?
Bread, candy and soda all have this biomolecule as their main ingredient.
What is carbohydrate?
The name of the monomer used to make up proteins.
What is amino acid?
This is the function of nucleic acids.
What is holds an organism's genetic information?
These three elements are found in Carbohydrates.
What are C H & O?
Enzymes are a type of this biomolecule.
What is protein?
Fried Chicken consists of these biomolecules.
What are protein, lipids and carbohydrates?
The total number of possible monomers used to make up proteins.
What is 20?
Long-term energy storage is the primary function of this biomolecule.
What are lipids?
This biomolecule’s monomer consists of a carbon ring.
What are carbohydrates?
These two food groups provide the important nutrient of fiber in your diet.
What are Fruits and Vegetables?
Your hair is made of this biomolecule.
What is protein?
The monomer for Nucleic Acids.
What is nucleotide?
Name two functions for proteins.
What is muscle development, immune system, enzymes, structures such as fur/hair, chemical signaling, fighting infection...
A long chain of sugars is called this.
What is polysaccharide?
Beans, Lentils and Legumes can apply to these two food groups.
What are proteins and vegetables?
This is the reason one cup of vegetables is preferred to one cup of a high calorie comparable food.
They are low calorie per cup compared to processed foods.
These two monomers are used to build lipids.
What are glycerol and fatty acids?
DNA provides instructions to make proteins from these 20 molecules.
What are amino acids?
The bond between amino acids is called this.
What is peptide?
This lipid occurs when all the carbons in a lipid are full of Hydrogens, with no double bonds, such as butter.
What is a saturated fat?
This carbohydrate is used for energy storage in plants.
What is starch?