Answers
What are the four Macromolecules? correct answer -Carbohydrates,
Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids
The Monomer of Carbohydrates correct answer -Monosaccharides
(Galactose, Glucose or Fructose)
The Monomer of Proteins correct answer -Amino Acids
The Monomer of Nucleic Acids correct answer -Nucleotides
The Monomer of Lipids correct answer -Glycerol and Fatty Acid Chains (2-
3)
The Function of Carbohydrates correct answer -Short-term or immediate
Energy Source
The Function of Lipids correct answer -Long-term Energy Source
The Function of Nucleic Acids correct answer -Store and Transmit your
Genetic Information
The Function of Proteins correct answer -1. Controls the Rates of
Reactions
2. Fights Diseases
3. Forms Cell Structures
4. Regulates Cell Processes
5. Transports stuff In/Out of the Cell
Examples of Carbohydrates correct answer -Monosaccharides - Glucose,
Fructose
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
monosaccharides correct answer -glucose, fructose
, disaccharides examples correct answer -sucrose (glucose + fructose)
maltose (glucose + glucose)
lactose (galactose + glucose)
examples of polysaccharides correct answer -glycogen, starch, and
cellulose
Examples of Lipids correct answer -Fats, Oils, Waxes, Lipid Steroids
(cholesterol), triglycerides, phospholipids
Examples of Proteins correct answer -Enzymes, Hormones, Antibodies,
Hemoglobin, Collagen, keratin
Examples of Nucleic Acids correct answer -DNA and RNA
organic correct answer -a molecule that contains carbon hydrogen bonds
Four groups of organic molecules correct answer -Carbohydrates,
proteins, nucleic acids, lipids
1.A. What are the major elements of life? correct answer -Carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, and nitrogen.
1.B. What properties of carbon explain carbon's ability to different large and
complex structures? correct answer -Carbon can bond to itself, has 4
valence electrons, causing strong covalent bonds to occur between carbon and
another element.
2.A. Name four groups of organic compounds found in living things. correct
answer -Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.