Carbohydrates | Lipids | Proteins | Nucleic Acids | Organic or Inorganic |
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What is a carbohydrates main function?
To be used as energy
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What are the three elements in lipids?
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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What is the main function of a protein?
To rebuild and repair cells
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What is the main function of nucleic acids?
The storage and expression of genetic information
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What are the four kinds of macromolecules?
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
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What are the three categories carbohydrates are organized by size?
Monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide
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What are three examples of lipids?
Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, phospholipids, steroids, waxes, pigements
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What is the number of amino acids used to make proteins
22
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What is the two types of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
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What is one main difference in organic compounds from inorganic compounds?
They contain carbon
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What is the general formula for a disaccharide?
C12H22O11
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What is the difference in the molecular structure of saturated and unsaturated fats?
Unsaturated fats have a bend in their structure
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What is a protein made of?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen
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What is the function of RNA?
To make new proteins
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What is more abundant in an organism; inorganic or organic compounds?
Inorganic
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What are the two areas in an animal where glycogen is usually stored?
Liver and muscles
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What is location where a phospholipid is found?
Bilayer of the cell membrane
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What is the place where a enzyme and substrate meet?
Active site
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What is the three parts of a nucleotide?
Base, sugar, and phospholipid
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What is the most commonly found inorganic compound in an organism?
Water
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What is the process called that glucose and fructose go through to form sucrose?
Dehydration synthesis
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What is another name for hydrogenated vegetable oil?
Trans fat
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What is the name of structural proteins?
Collagen
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What is the base found in RNA that is not found in DNA?
Uracil
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What is the six most common elements in living organisms?
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur
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