Carbohydrates
The main function of carbohydrates in the body.
What is providing energy?
These are the building blocks for protein.
What are amino acids?
Lipids are not soluble in this substance.
What is water?
The two types of nucleic acids.
What is DNA and RNA?
These are the four major macromolocules of life.
What are proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids?
This simple sugar is the body's primary energy source.
What is glucose?
The unique sequence of amino acids in a protein is called this level of structure.
What is primary structure?
These lipids make up the majority of the cell membrane.
What are phospholipids?
The building blocks of nucleic acids.
What is nucleotide?
This process builds macromolocules by removing water.
What is dehydration synthesis?
Plants store glucose in this polysaccharide.
What is starch?
Enzymes speed up chemical reactions by lowering this.
What is activation energy?
Lipids that have single bonds between carbons are called this.
What are saturated fats?
This base is found in RNA but not in DNA.
What is uracil?
This process breaks down macromolocules by using water.
What is hydrolysis?
The carbohydrate found in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
The bond that forms between two amino acids during protein synthesis.
What is a peptide bond?
The lipid responsible for waterproofing plant leaves.
What is wax?
The shape of DNA is described as this.
What is a double helix?
The element found in all organic macromolocules.
What is carbon?
This polysaccharide is stored in the liver and muscles of animals.
What is glycogen?
Misfolded proteins are linked to this type of disease, such as Alzheimer's.
What are prion or neurodegenerative diseases?
Steroid hormones like estrogen and testosterone are built from this lipid molecule.
What is cholesterol?
DNA codes for this, the product of gene expression.
What are proteins?
ATP, the main energy currency of the cell, is this kind of molocule.
What is nucleotide?