Food Flashcards
Food is needed for
Energy
Growth of new cells
Repair cells
Making chemicals needed for metabolism
Elements in food
Hydrogen Carbon Oxygen Nitrogen Phosphorus Sulfur
Elements in salts
Sodium Magnesium Chlorine Potassium Calcium
Trace elements
Cooper
Iron
Zinc
Biomolecules
Chemicals found inside living things
Examples of biolmolecules
Starch
Glucose
Keratin
Monosaccharides are
Smallest unit if carbohydrates
Sweet
Soluble
Eg of monosaccharides
Glucose
Disaccharides
Two monosaccharides joined together
Sweet and soluble
Eg if disaccharides
Sucrose
Maltose
Lactose
Polysaccharides
Many monosaccharides linked together
Insoluble
Not sweet
Eg of polysaccharides
Starch and cellulose
Starch
Stored in plants eg patatoes
Cellulose
Used in cell walls and fiber in diet
Glycogen
Stored by animals in liver and muscles
Smallest unit of lipid
Triglyceride
Triglycerides
1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids
Phospholipids
Substances were one of the fatty acids is replaced by a phosphate group
Eh of phospholipid
Cream and butter
Protein is made up of
Amino acid units
How many amino acids in a peptide
Less than 20
How many amino acids in a polypeptide
More than 20
How many amino acids in a protein
At least 200