Proteins
What are the four main elements a protein is made from?
Carbon, hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen
What are the three main elements in lipids?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
What are the three main elements of carbohydrates?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Oranges are a great source of what water soluble vitamin?
Vitamin C
How do you tests for lipids?
Brown paper test
What are the most simplest structures of proteins called?
Which element of the three main elements in lipids is least present in lipids?
oxygen
Potato skin is an excellent source of what type of carbohydrate?
Fibre/ cellulose
Which mineral is associated with healthy bones and teeth?
Calcium
What is the name of the chemical used in the test for starch?
Iodine
Which globular protein is found in egg whites?
Albumen
Lipids are important energy stores for both plants and animals. Is this a structural role or a metabolic role of lipids?
Structural role
What are the three structural categories of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharide, Disaccharide, Polysaccharide
What is the deficiency disease of Vitamin D
Scurvy/osteomalacia/osteoporosis
What colour change was observed in the test for protein if protein was present?
blue to violet (purple)
Which fibrous protein is involved in the growth of hair and nails?
Keratin
Where in the cell would I find a phospholipid?
Cell membrane/ organelle membranes
Cx(H2O)y
Where do plants source their minerals from?
The soil/ absorbs through the roots from the soil
What chemical is used in the test for reducing sugars?
Benedicts solution
What is the name of the protein embedded in the membrane of a lipoprotein?
Apoprotein/ apolipoprotein
What is the structure of a phospholipid?
Glycerol backbone, two fatty acids and a phosphate group
Which disaccharide is formed from two glucose molecules?
Which vitamin's deficiency is night blindness (carrots are a source of this vitamin)
Vitamin A
What chemical was used in the test for protein
Biuret reagent