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Lecture 5-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All living things are made up of four classes of large biological molecules: | Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids |
| Are large molecules that are complex | Macromolecules |
| Polymers | A long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks. |
| Monomers | The repeating units that serve as building blocks |
| Carbohydrates, proteins, and Nucleic acids | Are polymers |
| Lipids | Are not polymers |
| Enzymes | Speed up Chemical reactions that make or break polymers |
| Dehydration Reaction | Makes a polymer |
| Hydrolysis | Breaks a polymer |