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| What is a small building-block molecule called? | monomer |
| What elements are present in a Carbohydrate? | C, H, O |
| What is the ratio of Carbon to Hydrogen to Oxygen in a Carbohydrate? | 1:2:1 |
| What types of substances do lipids include? | Fats, Oils, Waxes, and Steroids |
| What are the building-blocks of Lipids? | Fatty Acids and Glycerol |
| What are the building-blocks of proteins? | Amino Acids |
| Anitbodies are a protein. What is their function? | defense |
| Enzymes are a protein. What is the function? | Enzymes are catalysts. |
| What is a catalyst? | A chemical that speeds up a reation without being consumed or changed by the reaction. |
| What is the bond between two amino acids? | peptide bond |
| What do you call a simple sugar? | Monosaccharide |
| What do you call two monosaccharides bonded together? | Disaccharide |
| What do you call three or more monosaccharaides bonded together? | Polysaccharide |
| What type of sugar is sucrose and where is it found? | A disaccharide - table sugar |
| What type of sugar is glucose and where is it found? | Glucose is a monosaccharide found in the blood. |
| What type of carbohydrate is starch and what is it's function? | Polysaccharide - function is energy. |
| What is the most abundant polysaccharide in plants and what is the main function? | Cellulose - Function is for structure |
| What type of reaction creates a large molecule from smaller ones by removing water? | Dehydration Synthesis |
| What is the compound that an enzyme acts on? | Substrate |
| What is a reaction that breaks down larger molecules into smaller ones by adding a molecule of water? | Hydrolysis |
| How many amino acids are there? | 20 |
| What is the amino acid in Turkey that makes you sleepy? | Tryptophan |
| What are the two nucleic acids? | DNA and RNA |
| What are the building blocks of nucleic acids? | Nucleotides |
| What are some functions of lipids? | insulation and energy |
| What is the function of RNA? | Protein synthesis |
| What type of compound is a steroid and what is it's function? | A lipid that controls secondary sex characteristics. |
| What is the equipment used to handle one hot test tube? | A test tube holder |
| What is the equipment used to hold many test tubes? | A test tube rack |
| What piece of equipment was used for heating our beaker? | A hot plate |
| What piece of lab equipment was used for the starch test? | A petry dish |
| How does the name of an enzyme always end? | With the letters -ase |
| What is the most common polysaccharide in humans? | glycogen |
| Where in humans is glycogen stored? | the liver |
| What is the polysaccharide present in the cell walls of fungi? | chitin |
| Which of the four organic molecules stores the most energy? | lipids |
| When dehydration synthesis occurs, what molecule is produces as two monosaccharides join to form a disaccharide? | water |
