Biomolecules 1
In humans and other multicellular organisms, these substance plays a central role as an quick energy source and often end in -ose, as in glucose, sucrose, and lactose.
What is carbohydrate?
Amino acids are the building block of what molecule?
Proteins
What class of molecules store and communicate genetic information?
Nucleic Acids
They are types of biomolecules that identify and neutralize foreign objects like bacteria and viruses.
What are antibodies (proteins)?
These types of biomolecules do not dissolve in water (insoluble)
What is a lipid?
This contains deoxyribose sugar?
What is DNA?
Which of the biomolecules carries the instructions for making proteins that determine your traits?
Nucleic Acids (DNA)
The building blocks of nucleic acids
What is a nucleotide?
This macromolecules is a prominent part of animal tissue and functions in insulation, helping animals conserve heat and is also hydrophobic?
Lipids
The two types of nucleic acids
What are DNA and RNA?
This macromolecule is composed of glycerol and fatty acids.
What are lipids?
The main component of the cell membrane
What are phospholipids (lipids)?
The type of protein that catalyzes (speeds up) biochemical reactions
What are enzymes?
Proteins are polymers composed of amino acids joined by ________bonds.
What are peptide bonds?
substances like actin and myosin interact to enable muscle movement or contraction.
What is the function of proteins?
This macromolecule can act as hormones and enzymes.
What are proteins?
The chemical formula for glucose?
C₆H₁₂O₆
Which macromolecule stores long-term energy for an organism?
lipids
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
What are biomolecules?
The three components of a nucleotide
What is a sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate?
This macromolecule is used for food storage in plants.
What is starch?
Channel proteins or transport proteins help move substances across this
What is the cell membrane?
This carbohydrate is used for food storage in animals.
What is glycogen?
single-stranded and contains uracil instead of thymine
RNA
Function as structural support in plants
What is cellulose (type of carbohydrate)?