Carbohydratyes
What is the monomer (building block) of carbohydrates?
What are Simple sugars like glucose.
What is the monomer (building block) of lipids?
What are fatty acids and glycerol.
What is the monomer (building block) of proteins?
What are Amino acids
What is the monomer (building block) of nucleic acids?
What are nucleotides.
What are the four main types of macromolecules?
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids.
What ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen makes up carbohydrates?
What is 1 : 2 : 1
What elements are in lipids?
What is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (but with much less oxygen than carbohydrates).
What elements make up proteins?
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen (sometimes sulfur).
What elements make up a nucleotide?
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
What are the three main elements found in most macromolecules?
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen.
What does a carbohydrate provide?
What is immediate energy for cells.
What is one way lipids are different from carbohydrates in their structure?
What is lipids do not have the 1:2:1 carbon-hydrogen-oxygen ratio like carbohydrates; they have many more hydrogens.
Name two major functions of proteins in the body.
What is build muscle/tissue, act as enzymes, help transport molecules, regulate hormones.
What are the two types of nucleic acids?
What are DNA and RNA.
What is the difference between a monomer and a polymer?
What is Monomer = single building block, Polymer = chain of monomers.
How do carbohydrates and lipids compare in storing energy?
What is both store energy, but carbohydrates provide quick energy, while lipids store long-term energy.
What is one main function of lipids in the human body?
What is long-term energy storage, insulation, or making cell membranes.
What type of protein speeds up chemical reactions in the body?
What are Enzymes.
What is the function of nucleic acids in the body?
What is they store and transmit genetic information.
What does the Law of Conservation of Matter say?
What is Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only rearranged.
What process in the body breaks down carbohydrates into usable energy?
What is Cellular respiration (glucose → ATP).
Why are both lipids and carbohydrates important in animal cells?
What is carbohydrates provide quick energy, while lipids store long-term energy and build membranes.
Why does the order of amino acids in a protein matter?
What is because it determines the protein’s shape, which controls its function.
What is one difference between DNA and RNA?
What is DNA is double-stranded and uses thymine (T); RNA is single-stranded and uses uracil (U).
Which macromolecule stores the most energy per gram?
What are lipids