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Week 4 Vocabulary
macromolecules
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |