Macromolecules
A single atom or small molecule.
What is a monomer?
Most of the water that evaporates on Earth comes from this.
What are oceans?
The breakdown of dead organisms and waste is called.
What is decomposition?
This converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
What is bacteria?
This is anything that has mass and occupies space.
What is matter?
Sugar is an example of this macromolecule.
What are carbohydrates?
Tiny pores on the leaves of plants.
What is stomata?
The movement of carbon through organisms and between organisms and the physical environment.
What is the carbon cycle?
This type of bacteria converts nitrates back into ammonia.
What is denitrifying bacteria?
The function of an enzyme.
What is speeding up a chemical reaction?
All macromolecules, except for this, are polymers.
What are lipids?
The process occurring when water changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
The burning of materials (wood, fossil fuels, etc.) to produce water and carbon dioxide gas.
What is combustion?
When an animal or plant dies, their nitrogen goes into the...
What is soil?
The movement of nitrogen between the environment and living things.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
These are long molecules made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides.
What is nucleic acid?
Rain, snow, and sleet are examples of this.
What is precipitation?
This carbon containing molecule is produced in photosynthesis.
What is glucose (sugar)?
The 7th element on the periodic table.
What is nitrogen?
These are large molecules called amino acids
What are proteins?
A long chain molecule that is formed from small molecules linking together.
What is a polymer?
A body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater is called...
What is an aquifer?
Natural gas, coal, and petroleum are all examples of...
What are fossil fuels?
This is used to build proteins and DNA for new cells in organisms
What is nitogen?
These are molecules with long hydrocarbon chains that are insoluble (do not dissolve) in water.
What are lipids?