What are phospholipids, triglycerides, waxes and steroids?
100
Name the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
100
The monomer for nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
100
Name the 4 organic molecules.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins & nucleic acids.
200
The monomer of carbohydrates.
What is glucose/monosaccharide.
200
Name the monomer of lipids.
What are fatty acids?
200
The types of bonds that hold amino acids together.
What are peptide bonds?
200
Name the two types of nucleic acids.
What are DNA & RNA?
200
The process that allows two monosaccharides to join to form disaccharides is called this.
What is dehydration synthesis?
300
Name the three types of monosaccharides.
What are glucose, galactrose & fructose?
300
Name two functions of lipids.
What are energy, insulation, protection, repelling water, cell membrane?
300
There are ____________ amino acids.
What is 20?
300
DNA functions to do this.
What is store heredity information?
300
Long chains of amino acids are called this.
What are polypeptide chains?
400
Name the three polysaccharides.
What are cellulose, glycogen & starch?
400
Saturated fats are this at room temperature.
What is solid?
400
Name three functions of proteins.
What are transport, enzymes, support, energy, defense?
400
DNA's shape is called this.
What is a double helix.
400
The process that occurs when two amino acids join to form a dipeptide is called this.
What is dehydration synthesis?
500
Animals store glucose in the form of ____________ in the ___________.
What is glycogen in the liver?
500
Explain the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.
What is saturated fats are linear, solid at room temperature, and full of H-C single bonds; unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature, bent shape and contain C=C double bonds.
500
Name the two types of secondary structure configurations for proteins.
What are alpha helix and beta pleated sheets?
500
The type of bond that holds nucleotides together in DNA is called this.
What are hydrogen bonds?
500
We refer to enzymes as these because they speed up chemical reactions.