Macromolecules

Question 1

What are the monomers? (building blocks for macromolecules)

Answer 1

sugars, amino acids, fatty acids, and nucleotides

Question 2

What are the polymers? (macromolecules)

Answer 2

carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

Question 3

What is the function of carbohydrates?

Answer 3

the main source of energy for living things

Question 4

What is the function of lipids?

Answer 4

secondary source of energy, storing energy and making up cell membranes

Question 5

What is the function of nucleic acids?

Answer 5

make up DNA and RNA (contains genetic info)

Question 6

What are nucleic acids made of?

Answer 6

hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (nucleotides)

Question 7

What is the function of proteins?

Answer 7

make up muscle and other tissue and speed up chemical reactions

Question 8

What is the function of enzymes?

Answer 8

speed up chemical reactions

Question 9

What macromolecule is made of long chains of repeating fatty acids?

Answer 9

lipids

Question 10

What macromolecule is made of glucose molecules?

Answer 10

carbohydrates

Question 11

What macromolecule is made of amino acids in the shape of a stick figure without the head?

Answer 11

proteins

Question 12

What macromolecule is made of a base, phosphate, and a sugar?

Answer 12

Nucleic acid

Question 13

Which three elements are often found in organic compounds?

Answer 13

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Question 14

Which of the three elements is most common?

Answer 14

Hydrogen

Question 15

Where in the cell do you find carbohydrates?

Answer 15

mitochondira

Question 16

Where in the cell do you find lipids?

Answer 16

membranes

Question 17

Where in the cell do you find proteins?

Answer 17

ribosomes

Question 18

Where in the cell do you find nucleic acids?

Answer 18

DNA/RNA (nucleus and ribosomes)