Carbohydrates
Name some examples of where carbohydrates are found.
Breads, pastas, sweets
What is another, more common name for lipids?
Fats
What are some examples of where we find proteins?
Meats, beans, nuts, dairy.
What are some examples of where we find nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
What are the 4 basic types of macromolecules?
Another word for saccharide
Sugar
Where can we find examples of lipids?
Proteins have a lot of jobs in our bodies, what is at least one
structure, support, defense, or transport
What abbreviation do we commonly use to represent deoxyribonucleic acid?
DNA
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The monomer of a carbohydrate
Monosaccharide
Lipids are made up of what monomers?
Fatty acids
The monomer of a protein is called
An amino acid
What is the monomer of a nucleic acid called?
Nucleotide
Long chains of repeating subunits(monomers)
Polymer
The polymer of a carbohydrate
Polysaccharide
Lipids are used for what in the body?
Long term energy and energy storage.
What is the job of a nucleic acid?
To code for proteins
The subunit of a polymer
Monomer
Carbohydrates are used in the body for what?
Short term energy.
Healthy, unsaturated fats are liquid or solid at room temperature?
Liquid
How many different amino acids to organisms use to build proteins?
20
What three things come together to form a nucleotide?
Phosphate group, sugar, nitrogenous base
Macromolecules are also known as....
Biomolecules