Organic Compounds

Question 1

Organic Compounds

Answer 1

substances that have large molecules and contain carbon e.g. lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, protein and nucleic acids

Question 2

Inorganic Compounds

Answer 2

not containing carbon (eg water, oxygen) or having small molecules (Eg carbon dioxide)

Question 3

3 Types of Carbohydrates

Answer 3

Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides

Question 4

Monosaccharides

Answer 4

are simple sugars or ingle unit sugars. Example; glucose, fructose and galactose

Question 5

Disaccharides

Answer 5

are two simple sugars joined together. Example; sucrose, maltose, lactose

Question 6

Polysaccharides

Answer 6

are large numbers of simple sugars joined together. Example; glycogen, cellulose and starch

Question 7

Proteins

Answer 7

always contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and often sulcus and phosphorus.

Question 8

Amino Acids

Answer 8

small molecules that make up proteins

Question 9

Peptide Bond

Answer 9

Bond that forms between amino acids

Question 10

Dipeptide Bond

Answer 10

two amino acids joined by a peptide bond

Question 11

Polypeptide Bond

Answer 11

ten or more amino acids

Question 12

Lipids

Answer 12

contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but much less oxygen than carbohydrates. Example; fats, phospholipids, steroids (sex hormone & cholesterol)

Question 13

Nucleic Acids

Answer 13

are very large molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus. They are made up of nucleotides that contain a nitrogen base, a sugar and a phosphate

Question 14

RNA

Answer 14

carries information from the DNA in the nucleus to other parts of the cell where proteins and made

Question 15

DNA

Answer 15

is the genetic material in the nucleus that stores inherited information