Biological Molecules🧬 Flashcards
Name the four types of biological molecules
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acid
What are biological molecules?
Bio molecules are the molecules that are essential for life processes and are found in living organisms.
What elements are present in each bio molecule
Carbohydrates and lipids have carbon hydrogen and oxygen
While
Proteins have carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and also nitrogen
Why are the bio molecules known to be organic compounds
Because they all contain carbon
Carbohydrates are divided into 3 categories which are …
Monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides
3 monosaccharides, disaccharide and polysaccharides
Glucose fructose and galactose . Mono
Sucrose lactose and maltose. Di
Starch glycogen and cellulose. Poly
The building blocks of carbohydrates are …
Simple sugars
Building blocks of proteins
Amino acids
Amino acids are bonded together by which bonds
Peptide bonds
Simples sugars are bonded together by which bond
Glycosidic bonds
What is unique in each protein
The R group
What are the building blocks of lipids
Three fatty acids and glycerol
