macromolecules

monosaccharide

Another name for simple sugar is

polysaccharide

Another name for complex sugar made of many monomers is called?

Dehydration Synthesis

Many monomers join together to make a polymer with the help of what process?

Hydrolysis

Adding water to break a polymer into it's monomers is called?

Hydrolysis

Adding water to break a polymer into it's monomers is called?

Simple sugar

This is an illustration of a simple or complex sugar?

Long energy

Will the sugar illustrated here provide one with long or short energy?

Glucose

Also called blood sugar.

Glycogen

Excess sugar stored in the liver.

Chitin

Complex sugar that makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods.

Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose

Polysaccharides examples

4

Carbon has how many bonding sites, which allows for its abiltiy to form various organic compounds?

Disaccharide

Two simple sugars joined together create this.

Fatty Acids and Glycerol

What are the building blocks of a lipid, such as a triglyceride?

Reserve Energy

The primary function of a lipid is

Fats, Oils, and Waxes

The three main types of lipids?

Saturated Fat

Is this a saturated or unsaturated fat.

Saturated fat

Animal fat and butter are examples of this type of fat.

Oils

A good example of unsaturated fats that are liquid at room temp.

phospholipid

Lipid structure that is arranged as a biplayer in cell membranes.

Fatty Acid

part of the phospholipid molecule that is hydrophobic.

Peptide bond

Bond that forms between amino acids.

Polypeptide

Another name for protein.

Essential Amino Acids

Amino acids that one must obtain through diet.

Hemoglobin

Protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood.

Catalyst

Speeds up chemical reactions.

Activation Energy

Energy needed to start a reaction.

Active Site

The part of the enzyme that attaches to the substarte.

pH and Temp

Effect the rate of enzyme activity.

Substrate

The substance that the enzyme acts on.

amino acids

building blocks of proteins

carboxyl group and amino group

the two groups which are identical in all amino acids

Denaturation

loss of normal shape of a protein due to heat or other factor

dehydration synthesis

Condensation reaction where amino acids are connected by loss of a water molecule.

DNA

A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.

RNA

single

Nucleotide

A building block of DNA, consisting of a five

Nitrogen bases in DNA

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

Energy

The main function of a carbs in living things?

Starch

Stored energy in plants.

Glucose, Fructose, Galactose

Examples of Monosaccharides

Cholesterol

Type of saturated fat that helps build membranes and hormones.

Triglyceride

This is an illustration of what type of fat that provides reserve energy.

Unsaturated Fat

Type of fat that has one double bond between the carbon atoms.

R

group