Question | Answer |
Name the single sugar found in every cell | glucose |
Give the chemical formula for a single sugar | C6H12O6 |
How many amino acids are there | 20 |
What are the monomers for proteins | amino acids |
This macromolecule is needed for growth, maintenance, and repair of living materials | protein |
All organic compounds contain the element | carbon |
The importance of carbohydrates is to provide us with | energy |
What are the three main groups of carbs? | monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides |
Compounds with the same chemical formula but different structures are: | isomers |
A general name for small compounds that can be joined with one another repeatedly to form a macromolecule | monomer |
Examples of monosaccharides? | glucose, fructose, galactose, and ribose |
Examples of dissacharides? | Sucrose, Lactose, and maltose |
Examples of polysaccharides? | Glycogen, cellulose, etc |
sugars usually end in the suffix | -ose |
polysaccharides are stored in animals as | glycogen |
support polysaccharide (fiber) in plants is | cellulose |
A general name for a large compound formed by many smaller one linked together | macromolecule |
polysaccharides are stored in plants as | starch |
A food example of a double sugar | table sugar |
Monomer for carbs? | monosaccharides |
controls the rate of chemical reactions in cells | enzymes |
monomer of nucleic acids | nucleotides |
example of nucleic acid | DNA + RNA |
types of lipids | oils, wax, hormones, cell membrane |
unsaturated fats (coconut oil, avocado, etc.) have... | double bonds |
Leaves the cell with messages | hormones |
Has a double helix structure | DNA |
The two types of cholesterol | HDL + LDL |
What makes up the cell membrane? | phospholipids and cholesterol |
During dehydration synthesis, what molecule is always produced? | H2O |
Where can you find DNA (nucleic acid) in the body | cells |
Where can you find a lipid in the body | hormones |
The fatty acid tails in the phospholipid bilayer are | hydrophobic |