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Week 4 Vocabulary
macromolecules
Question | Answer |
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Amino acid | compound with an amino group at one end and a carboxyl group on the other end; building block of proteins. |
Carbohydrate | compound made of C, H, and O atoms; major source of energy for the human body |
deoxyribonucleic acid | nucleic acid that contains the sugar, deoxyribose |
Lipid | macromolecule made mainly from C and H atoms; includes fats, oils and waxes |
Macromolecule | “Giant molecules” made from thousands or even hundreds of thousands of smaller molecules |
Monomer | small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers |
Monosaccharide | single sugar molecule |
nucleic acid | macromolecule containing H, O, N, C and P. Two examples are DNA and RNA |
nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base |
Polymer | large compound formed from the combination of many monomers. |
Protein | macromolecule that contains C, H, O, and N; needed by the body for growth and repair, and to make enzymes |
ribonucleic acid | single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar, ribose |