What are some examples of Carbohydrates?
Sugars and Starches
What are some examples of Lipids?
Oils, Waxes, and Steroids
What are some examples of proteins?
Skin, hair, fingernails, and muscle tissues
What are the two types of Nucleic Acids?
DNA and RNA
True or False; DNA and RNA are composed of the same nitrogenous bases?
False
What are the elements that Carbohydrates are composed of?
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
What are the elements that Lipids are composed of?
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
What are the elements that Proteins are made of?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and sometimes Sulfur
What are the elements of Nucleic Acids?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus
What are the nitrogenous bases that RNA is composed of?
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
What is the monomer of Carbohydrates?
Glucose; or simple sugars
What is the monomer of Lipids?
Fatty Acids
What is the monomer of Proteins?
Amino Acids
What is the monomer of Nucleic Acids?
Nucleotides
What are the nitrogenous bases of DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
Carbohydrates are used for what kind of storage in the cells?
Short term energy storage
Lipids provide what kind of storage for cells?
Long term energy storage
What do enzymes do for the cell?
Speed up chemical reactions
What do Nucleic acids do for cells?
Store and transmit genetic information
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?
A nitrogenous base, a simple sugar, a phosphate group
What is the ratio for Carbohydrates?
1:2:1 ratio
Fats are insoluable in water; True or False?
True
What do proteins provide for the cell?
Structure and function
DNA consists of two chains of Nucleotides; True or False?
True
What are the nitrogenous bases of DNA formed together by?
Hydrogen bond