Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Misc.
100

The monomer of a sugar

What is a monosaccharide or a simple sugar?

100

The monomer of proteins.

What is an amino acid?

100

A triglyceride is a lipid. These two things make up the monomer for a triglyceride.

What is a 3-fatty acid chain and a glycerol backbone?

100
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
100

The term used in Biology for "building blocks"

What is a monomer?

200
This monosaccharide is used for short-term energy.
What is glucose?
200
The group that makes each amino acid different.
What is the R group?
200

This lipid composes the cell membrane.

What is a phospholipid?

200

This is where DNA is located in eukaryotes.

What is the nucleus?

200

This is where the DNA is found in prokaryotes.

What is the cytoplasm/nucleoid region?

300
This polysaccharide is composed of a long chain of glucose molecules that make up the plant cell wall.
What is cellulose?
300

Proteins are produced by which cellular organelles?

What are ribosomes?

300

The type of lipid that marine animals use to insulate their bodies.

What is blubber?

300
The full name for DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
300

The term we use for certain macromolecules that we cannot produce, but we have to consume. 9 of 20 amino acids falls into this category.

What is "essential"?

400

The amount of calories each carbohydrates provide per gram of carbohydrate consumed?

What is 4 (calories per gram)?

400

The type of bond that links amino acids together

What is a peptide bond?

400

These two types of fats are separated by the structure of their fatty acid tails (some are all single bonds, some have double bonds).

What are saturated and unsaturated fats?

400

A type of nucleic acid that is the main energy currency in the cellular level.

What is ATP?

400

Cellular organelle where ATP is made

What is the mitochondria?

500

This complex carbohydrate is the primary component of fungal cell walls and exoskeletons of arthropods

What is chitin?

500

This specialized protein speeds up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy.

What is an enzyme?

500

The amount of calories a gram of fat provides when consumed?

What is 9 (calories per gram)?

500

The chemical elements that form a nucleic acid. (HINT: There are FIVE)

What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, and Nitrogen?

500

Stored in the liver and used to create glucose when blood sugar is low.

What is glycogen?