Unit 2: biological macromolecules Flashcards
to help students master the subunits, functions, and examples of the four biological macromolecules
made of a chain of glucose subunits
Carbohydrates
What kind of molecule is starch?
Carbohydrate
Look like chains of hexagons
Carbohydrates
Used for quick energy
Carbohydrates
What kind of molecule is fiber?
Carbohydrates (but we don’t have an enzyme to digest this)
made of a chain of amino acids
Proteins
cartooned as a chain of boxes
Proteins
Used to build the pieces of our bodies
Proteins
Used to speed up chemical reactions
Proteins (more specifically: enzymes)
Antibodies are _____ which help our immune system.
proteins
If the name ends in -ose, the molecule is a _____
Carbohydrate (more specifically: sugar)
Example: fructose
All sugars are _______
Carbohydrates
If the name ends in -ase, the molecule is a _____
Proteins (more specifically: enzyme)
Example: catalase
If the name ends in -in, the molecule is a _____
Protein
Example: hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a _______ which makes your blood red.
protein
cartooned as squiggly lines connected together
lipids
The technical term for fats and oils
lipids
Used for insulation
lipids
Used for long term energy storage
lipids
made of fatty acid chains
lipids
Cartooned as a chain of triangles
Nucleic Acids
made of nucleotides
Nucleic Acids
DNA and RNA are ________.
Nucleic Acids
Used to store genetic information
Nucleic Acids
This shape symbolizes _______

a fatty acid
This is a picture of a ______

lipid
These are pictures of ______

carbohydrates
This shape symbolizes _____.

glucose
This shape symbolizes _____.

an amino acid
This shape symbolizes _____.

a nucleotide
This molecule is used for _____
insulation and long term energy
If this belt were one of our cartoons, it would be a _____

protein
If this necklace were one of our cartoons, it would be a _____

nucleic acid
What is this molecule used for?

short term energy
True or false:
This bracelet could be a cartoon of DNA.

False!
DNA is a nucleic acid, which would be cartooned with triangles, not squares.
This could be a cartoon of a protein, like hemoglobin for example.
If this necklace was one of our cartoons, what would its function be?

to store genetic information
What is the subunit of this molecule called?

fatty acid