| A | B |
|---|
| monomer | small unit that joins to form polymers |
| polymer | large compound formed from combinations of many monomers |
| carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
| monosaccharide | simple sugar molecule |
| polysaccharide | large macromolecule formed from monosaccharides |
| lipid | macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms;include fats, oils and waxes |
| nucleic acid | macromolecule containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus |
| nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base |
| ribonucleic acid (RNA) | single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose |
| deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose |
| protein | macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen |
| amino acid | compound with an amino group(-NH2) on one end and a carboxyl group (-COOH) on the other end |
