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Functions
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Protein
100
The macromolecule that stores energy, provides steroids, and provides a waterproof coating on plants' leaves.
What is a lipid?
100
The ratio of oxygen to hydrogen to carbon atoms
What is 1:2:1?
100
When carbon atoms in a fat can't bond with any more hydrogen atoms
What is saturated fat?
100
Repeating subunits of nucleic acid that contain carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and hydrogen
What is a nucleotide?
100
The small carbon compounds that make up a protein
What is an amino acid?
200
The macromolecule that stores and communicates genetic information
What is nucleic acid?
200
Short chains of carbohydrates
What is a monosaccharide?
200
Responsible for the structure and function of the cell membrane
What is phospholipid?
200
The ________ _________ sticks out from the chain of sugar and phosphate.
What is a nitrogen base?
200
There are _____ types of amino acids
What is 20?
300
The macromolecule that stores energy and provides structural support
What are carbohydrates?
300
Two monosaccharides linked together
What is a disaccharide?
300
Cholesterol and hormones
What is a steroid?
300
The genetic code for all living things
What is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
300
The two basic protein shapes
What is a helix and a pleat?
400
The macromolecule that transports substances, speeds up reactions, provides structural support, and provides hormones
What is a protein?
400
A longer carbohydrate chain
What is a polyhydrate?
400
Plant leaves are coated with lipids (waxes) to prevent this
What is water loss?
400
The part of DNA that uses the information to make proteins
What is RNA?
400
The bond that helps the protein have a shape
What is a hydrogen bond?
500
The functional unit of all living things
What is a cell?
500
The formula of the carbohydrates (not the ratio)
What is CH2O?
500
A fat when it cannot combine with any more hydrogen atoms
What are triglycerides?
500
The three units that make up a nucleotide
What is a phosphate, sugar, and a nitrogenous base?
500
Your cells contain approximately _______ proteins
What is 10,000?