Carbohydrates
The monomer of carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides?
The 2 components of lipids.
What is a glycerol backbone and a fatty acid tail?
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
The monomer of proteins.
What are amino acids?
The element that all organic molecules contain.
What is carbon?
The characteristic structure of carbohydrates.
What are carbon rings?
Lipids are made up of these elements.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
An example of nucleic acids.
What is DNA and RNA?
Responsible for determining the different type of amino acids.
What is the R group.
The most abundant element in the human body.
What is oxygen?
The main function of carbohydrates in the body.
What is energy?
An example of a lipid.
What are fatty acids, phospholipids, waxes, and steroids?
The element found in nucleic acids and not in any other major biomolecule.
What is phosphorous?
A type of secondary structure for proteins.
What are alpha helix and beat pleated sheets?
The process of creating larger molecules.
What is synthesis?
An example of a disaccharide.
What is sucrose (table sugar)?
Fatty acids that contain double bonds between carbons.
What are unsaturated fats?
The 3 components of a nucleotide.
What are phosphate group, pentose sugar, and nitrogenous base?
The bond that connects two amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
The subatomic particles located in the nucleus of an atom.
What are protons and neutrons?
The type of polysaccharide found in fungi.
What is chitin?
The function of steroids.
What are signaling chemicals and structural components of the cell membrane?
The 4 types of nitrogenous bases.
What are adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C)?
The 4 major components that make up the structure of an amino acid.
What are a central carbon, an amino group, a carboxyl group, and side chain (R group)?
Responsible for the properties of water; such as cohesion, an excellent solvent, and stability of solvent.
What are hydrogen bonds?