Chapter 5- Macromolecules

Question 0

What is a polymer?

Answer 0

Monomers linked together.

Question 1

What is a monomer?

Answer 1

A single molecule

Question 2

What are carbohydrates called and what elements do they contain?

Answer 2

Saccharides/sugar. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen

Question 3

There are two types of polysaccharides, what are they?

Answer 3

Energy and structural

Question 4

What are the energy polysaccharides?

Answer 4

Starch, and glycogen

Question 5

What are the structural polysaccharides?

Answer 5

Cellulose, and chitin

Question 6

What are lipids?

Answer 6

Fats, phospholipids, waxes, and steroids.

Question 7

What are the characteristics of fats.

Answer 7

Glycerol backbone

Question 8

Are phospholipids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

Answer 8

Both.

Question 9

What are the elements in proteins?

Answer 9

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen

Question 10

What bonds do the secondary structure have and what structures do they make?

Answer 10

Hydrogen bonds. Alpha helix and beta plated sheets.

Question 11

Tertiary structure is made of what bonds?

Answer 11

Disulfide bridges, covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and hydrogen bonds.

Question 12

How many structures are there in a protein?

Answer 12

4

Question 13

How does a quaternary structure work?

Answer 13

Two or more tertiary structures are bonded.