Macromolecules

Question 1

Polymer

Answer 1

Long molecule consisting of many monomers linked by covalent bonds

Question 2

Monomer

Answer 2

Building blocks of polymers

Question 3

Enzymes

Answer 3

Specialized macromolecules that speed is chemical reactions

Question 4

Dehydration reaction

Answer 4

Two molecules covalently bond with loss of one water molecule

Question 5

Hydrolysis

Answer 5

Bonds are broken with the edition of water molecules

Question 6

Carbohydrates

Answer 6

Sugars and polymers of sugars

Question 7

Monosaccharides

Answer 7

Simple carbohydrates. Monomers of complex carbohydrates.

Question 8

Disaccharide

Answer 8

Two monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkage.

Question 9

Polysaccharide

Answer 9

Macromolecules, hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages.

Question 10

Starch

Answer 10

Polymer of glucose monomers

Question 11

Glycogen

Answer 11

Complex polymer of glucose animals store.

Question 12

Cellulose

Answer 12

Polysaccharide that’s a main component of plant cell walls.

Question 13

Chitin

Answer 13

Carbohydrate used by arthropods to build their exoskeleton.

Question 14

Lipid

Answer 14

Big molecule but not a macromolecule, hydrophobic.

Question 15

Fat

Answer 15

Not a polymer, large molecule assembled from smaller molecules by dehydration reactions.

Question 16

Triacyglycerol

Answer 16

3 fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule.

Question 17

Saturated fatty acids

Answer 17

No double bonds between carbons, more hydrogen

Question 18

Unsaturated fatty acids

Answer 18

Double bonded carbon, less hydrogen.