Nutrition

Carbohydrates

100

What is the monomer of a carbohydrate?

Monosaccharide (or simple sugar)

200

A category of polysaccharide that can cause a spike in blood sugar

Starch

300

A category of polysaccharide that is not broken down easily in the small intestine

Fiber

400

The primary organ responsible for regulating blood sugar

Pancreas

500

Make a diagram showing how the pancreas and liver work together to regulate blood sugar.

See board

Lipids

100

The monomer of a lipid

Fatty acid

200

Name and one of the three categories of lipids

Triglyceride, phospholipid, steroid

300

The type of fat that is liquid at room temp and generally good for your health

Unsaturated fat

400

What are trans fats?

Unsaturated fats chemically modified to have fewer double bonds

500

Explain why a phospholipid bilayer forms spontaneously in water

The tails are hydrophobic and the heads are hydrophilic, so the tails stick together facing each other and the heads facing out toward the water.

Proteins/ Nucleic Acids

100

What is one function of a protein in your body

Enzymes, hormones, part of the cell membrane, hemoglobin, etc...

200

What is the monomer of a protein?

Amino acid

300

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

Sugar, phosphate, base

400

What are at least 2 examples of nucleic acids?

DNA, RNA, ATP

500

How, specifically, does DNA determine your traits?

It contains instructions for making proteins