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Biology - Unit 1
macromolecules + DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a carbohydrates monomer? | monosaccharide |
| what is lipids monomer? | glycerol and fatty acids |
| what is proteins monomer? | amino acids |
| What are the uses for carbohydrate? | Main source of energy and short term energy |
| What are some examples of carbohydrates? | simple sugars (glucose, one ring) and complex sugars (starch, many rings) |
| What is the compound of carbohydrate? | C,H,O (1:2:1 ratio) |
| What does monosaccharide mean? | one sugar |
| What does disaccharide mean? | two sugars |
| what does polysaccharide mean? | many sugars |
| What are the uses for lipids? | Energy, cell membrane, and long term energy |
| what are examples of lipids? | Phospholipids, steroids, and waxes |
| What is a phospholipid made of? | Fats and phosphates |
| What can soluble also mean? | Hydrophobic and nonpolar |
| What is the compound of lipids? | C,H,O |
| What are lipids? | Fats (saturated and unsaturated) |
| What are the 4 S's of saturated fats? | Saturated, Simple, Straight, Solid |
| What are the four things about unsaturated fats? | Unsaturated, double bound, bent, liquid |
| what are the uses for proteins? | Transport, Communications, and control of reactions |
| What are some examples of proteins? | Enzyme (speeds up chemical reactions) |
| What do proteins look like? | Pearl Necklace |
| What makes up a polypeptide? | Amino acid and peptide bond |
| What does a globular protein do? | It is active |
| What is the compound of proteins? | C,H,O,N,S |
| What does an organic mean? | It is made of carbon and is bound to Hydrogen |
| What does an inorganic mean? | It can be made of carbon but is not bound to Hydrogen |
| What are macromolecules? | large organic molecules that make up life |
| what is the monomer for nucleic acids? | nucleotide |
| what are the uses for nucleic acids? | Heredity and protein production |
| what is a monomer? | building blocks of polymers |
| What is a polymer? | chain of monomers |
| what are some examples for nucleic acids? | DNA- heredity and RNA - proteins production |
| what is the compound of nucleic acids? | C,H,O,N,P |
| Which fat is healthier? | unsaturated fats |
| what are nucleotides? | building blocks of DNA; contains sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen |
| What is a purine? | two rings of nitrogen base (earings) |
| What is a pyrimidine? | one ring of nitrogen base (C & T have a Y) |
| What does antiparallel mean? | side by side but in opposite directions |
| what does parallel mean? | strands next to each other match |
| What are the four nitrogen bases? | Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine |
| What did Chargaff discover? | A=T and C=G |
| What did Franklin do? | determined DNA is a double helix |
| What did Watson and Crick do? | credited with discovering the structure of DNA |
| how many hydrogen bonds connect Adenine & Thymine? | 2 |
| how many hydrogen bonds connect Guanine and Cytosine? | 3 |
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