3.1+3.2 study guide

Question 1

Proteins

Answer 1

The monomers of proteins are amino acids and the polymers of proteins are polypeptides.

Question 2

Carbohydrates

Answer 2

The monomer fro carbs are monosaccharides and the polymers of carbs are polysacchirdies.

Question 3

Nucleic Acids

Answer 3

The monomer of nucleic acids is nucleotides and the polymers are RNA and DNA.

Question 4

Lipids

Answer 4

The monomer of lipids is fatty acids and the polymers of lipids is triglycerides and phospholipids.

Question 5

What is the function of protein?

Answer 5

Different parts of protein perform different functions for example enzymes catalyze the important chemical reactions that occur in our cells, hormones are messengers that help switch cell process off and on, antibodies recognize and attack foreign cells and viruses, and lastly structural proteins give cells their shape and allow the cell to change shape/move while others hold tissue together.

Question 6

What is the function of a carbohydrate?

Answer 6

Carbs serve as primary source of energy for cells some can also store sugars until they need them + make up cell walls.

Question 7

What is the function of a lipid?

Answer 7

long term energy storage +act as insulation and protection of organs.

Question 8

What this the function of a nucleic acid?

Answer 8

carries the genetic instyurctions fro the development and functioning of organisms by coding for proteins + assits in protein synthesis .

Question 9

The four levels of protein structure

Answer 9

primary structure, secondary structure, teretirary structure, quaternary structure.

Question 10

hydrophobic interactions

Answer 10

clustering of nonpolar amino acid side chains within interior of protein.