Monomers and Polymers
Biomolecules in Foods
Digestive System
Enzymes
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100
The monomers of proteins.
What are amino acids?
100
The biomolecule found in foods like potatoes, bread, rice, fruits and vegetbles.
What are carbohydrates?
100
This organ contains protease and hydrochloric acid to help digest biomolecules.
What is the stomach?
100
These proteins act as biological catalysts, increasing the speed of reactions.
What are enzymes?
100
The biomolecule that is used for long-term energy storage as well as building cell membranes.
What are lipids?
200
The meaning of the terms monomer and polymer.
What are "one unit" and "many units"?
200
The biomolecules found in foods like meat, beans, nuts and seeds.
What are proteins?
200
This primary function of this organ in the digestive system is to absorb water.
What is the large intestine?
200
The part on an enzyme where molecules can attach and be changed.
What is an active site?
200
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300
The term for two sugar molecules that bonded together.
What is a disaccharide?
300
The biomolecule found in foods like dairy, fish, avocaods, nuts and seeds.
What are lipids?
300
The upper section of the small intestine, just after the stomach, where many different enzymes act as catalysts to break down food into monomers.
What is the duodenum?
300
This enzyme is produced in the pancreas and helps to break down lipids into glycerol and fatty acids.
What is lipase?
300
The section of the large intestine that moves up along the right-hand side of the body.
What is the ascending colon?
300
The term for an enzyme that no longer functions due to a warped active site.
What is denatured?
400
The monomers of lipids.
What are glycerol and fatty acids?
400
This biomolecule is found in all foods and is used to create new strands of DNA.
What are nucleotides?
400
This gland produces amylase and lipase to be used in the duodenum.
What is the pancreas?
400
The name given to the molecule that binds with an enzyme.
What is a substrate?
400
The chemical formula of the following molecule:
What is C3H8O?
400
The name given to a fatty acid that does not contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms... it contains one or more double or triple bonds.
What is unsaturated?
500
Different forms of these polymers are used to build cells walls and exoskeletons as well as store energy for future use.
What are carbohydrates?
500
A lipid that is solid at room temperature and a lipid that is liquid at room temperature.
What are fats and oils?
500
The small, finger-like projections in the small intestine that help monomers to be absorbed into the bloodstream.
What are villi and microvilli?
500
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500
The type of chemical reaction that occurs when two monosaccharides combine to form a disaccharide.
What is dehydration synthesis?
500
The name and formula of the following monomer.
What is fructose? C6H12O6
