Macomolecules
What is a macromolecule?
Source of stored energy that helps insulate the body
Main source of energy for our body
What are Carbohydrates?
If you have an overactive thyroid, you will use energy quickly and tend to be very thin
What is true?
Makes up cell membrane of all cells
What are lipids?
What is another name for macromolecule?
The hormone that regulates how fast your body uses energy
What is the thyroid?
The amount of carbohydrates
What is two?
All steroids are lipids
What is true?
A monomer that all proteins are made of
What are amino acids?
A biochemical macromolecule that cannot be found on food nutrition labels
What are nucleic acids?
This part of the immune system that will fight invaders in the body and stick to the invaders
What are antibodies?
The two types of carbohydrates
What are simple and complex?
Nucleic acids in foods are not considered a substance that the body uses to gain energy
What is true
Two types of amino acids
What are DNA and RNA?
A macromolecule found in plant foods and animal products
What are proteins?
What are enzymes?
The atom level carbohydrates are made of
What are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
Lipids provide less calories than protein or carbohydrates
What is false?
A major structural molecule in living things for growth and repair
What are proteins?
4 Macromolecules
What are Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
Energy gained from consuming food
What is a calorie?
Fatty acid molecules form this molecule
What is a triglyceride?
Enzymes are chemicals in glands that are in one place in the body and then put into the blood to be used in another
What is false?
Surrounds everything in a cell so it doesn't leak out
What is a cell membrane?