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Question 1

What are biomolecules?

Answer 1

Molecules of life

Question 2

What are macromolecules?

Answer 2

They are large molecules composed of made of covalently bonded atoms

Question 3

What is a polymer

Answer 3

a long molecule made of similar and repeated building blocks called monomers

Question 4

Name the 3 classes of life organic molecules which are polymers

Answer 4

Carbohydrates
Protein
Nucleic acids

Question 5

Which organic molecule is not a polymer

Answer 5

Lipids

Question 6

How do monomers join to form polymers

Answer 6

Condensation reactions called dehydration reactions

Question 7

How do polymers disassemble to monomers

Answer 7

Hydrolysis

Question 8

Where do all living things get energy and nutrients

Answer 8

Food in the form of biomolecules

Question 9

What is a polymer most simar too

Answer 9

a chain

Question 10

what is a monomer most similar too

Answer 10

a link

Question 11

What does it mean when biomolecules are digested

Answer 11

this means that they are broken apart to obtain the building blocks (monomers) and the energy inside them

Question 12

What does it mean when a biomolecule is synthesized

Answer 12

the biomolecule is built by the cells to complete certain tasks and store energy for later use

Question 13

Which are carbohydrates also known as

Answer 13

Saccharides

Question 14

What are the 3 saccharides in carbohydrates

Answer 14

Monosaccharides
Disaccharide
polysaccharide

Question 15

How is sugar produced

Answer 15

by plant during photosynthesis

Question 16

What is the primary source of energy for most organisms

Answer 16

Sugar

Question 17

Equation for photosynthesis

Answer 17

6H2O + 6CO2 + energy > C6H12O6 + 6O2

Question 18

What are cell walls made of

Answer 18

Cellulose which is made of complex carbohydrates. Cellulose is very strong and rigid.

Question 19

What are lipids made of

Answer 19

Fats, Cholesterol and phospholipids

Question 20

What is fat made of

Answer 20

A glycerol molecule
3 fatty acids

Question 21

What can lipids be used for

Answer 21

to store large amounts of energy. Extra energy in the body

Question 22

Between lipids and carbohydrates which has more energy gram for gram

Answer 22

Carbohydrates

Question 23

what are call membranes made of

Answer 23

phospholipids

Question 24

what ae nucleic acids made of

Answer 24

nucleotides

Question 25

What re the 3 parts of a nucleotide

Answer 25

a phosphate group
deoxyribose sugar
1 of 4 nitrogen base

Question 26

function of nucleic acid

Answer 26

store genetic information used to make protein

Question 27

2 main type