Weekly Test All About Elements Flashcards
A carbohydrate is made of carbon hydrogen and _________
Oxygen
Name four foods that have starch
1 rice
2 bread
3 pasta
4 potatoes
How do cells use carbohydrates?
Cells use carbohydrates for energy. They break down the food that contains carbohydrates and uses the energy to help the cell
3 examples of lipids
Fats
Waxes
Oils
How are lipids like carbohydrates?
They are alike because they both are high in energy. The. Ell stores that energy
_______ forms parts of the cell membrane and many of the cells organelles
Proteins
What small molecules make up proteins
Amino acids
What do enzymes do?
They speed up chemical reactions in living things
What are very long molecules that contain instructions that the cells need to function?
Nucleic acids
Is the following sentence true or false?
Cells use instructions in Nucleic acids to carry out All life finctions
True
Name the two types of Nucleic acids
DNA and RNA