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Question | Answer |
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what is a carbohydrate? | energy rich compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
what is a carbohydrates monomer? | saccharide |
what do carbohydrates provide? | carbohydrates provide energy for the cell, and are components of some cell parts. |
what are some examples of carbohydrates? | starch, table sugar, pasta, rice. |
what are nucleic acids? | a complex organic substance, present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA whose molecules consists of many nucleotides linked in a long chain. |
what is the monomer for nucleic acids? | nucleotide |
what is nucleic acids function? | contain the instruction that cells need to carry out the function of life. |
what is example of nucleic acids? | DNA or RNA |
what are lipids? | energy rich compound made of carbon, hydrogen,oxygen |
what is the monomer for lipids? | fatter acids,glycerol |
what is lipids function? | lipids act as energy storage for the cell, and also make up most of the cell membrane. |
what are some examples of lipids? | fats oils and waxes |
what are proteins? | large molecules made of carbon,hydrogen,oxygen,nitrogen,and sulfur. |
what is the monomer for proteins? | amino acids |
what is the function of proteins? | regulate growth transport oxygen increase the rate of chemical reaction |
what is an example of proteins? | fish,meat, and beans |
what can we eat for carbohydrates? | fruits, vegetables, beans, dairy products |
what is non-fiber? | made up of starch, simple sugar, rice potatoes corn |
what is complex sugars? | green vegetables whole grains and foods made from them. sugar molecules |
what is tryglyceride? | an ester formed from glycerol and three fatter acid groups/carbon and fatty acids |
what is LDL? | low density lipoprotein |
what is HDL? | high density lipoprotein |
proteins are made up of how many amino acids? | 20 amino acids |
what do complete proteins contain |