Name
Date
Period 3, 6, 7
CARBON BASED MOLECULES SECTION 2.3
Carbon-based
Molecule
Carbohydrate
Lipid
Protein
Nucleic Acid
Chemical Make-up
Monomer/Polymer
Function
Examples
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O) in a
1:2:1 ratio
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Little bit of
Oxygen (O)
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Sulfur (S)
Nitrogen (N)
Monosaccharide/
Polysaccharide
Provide energy
* Sugar
* Starch
* Cellulose
Fatty acid bonded
to glycerol / Lipid
* Fat, oil, steroid, wax
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Phosphorus (P)
Nitrogen (N)
Nucleotide / Nucleic
acid
* Provide energy
* Make up hormones
* Make up cell
membrane
* Many different
functions depending on
the number and type of
amino acids
* Structural support
* Communication
* Speed up chemical
reaction
* Stores genetic
information- controls
how body works and
what you look like
* Makes proteins
Amino acids/
polypeptide
(protein)
* Phospholipids
* Found in beans, nuts
and meat
* Hormones
* Enzymes
* DNA
* RNA
Name
Carbon-based
Molecule
Carbohydrate
Date
Chemical Make-up
Provide energy
Monomer/Polymer
Monosaccharide/
Polysaccharide
Lipid
* Fat, oil, steroid, wax Fatty acid bonded
to glycerol / Lipid
* Phospholipids
Protein
Amino acids/
* Found in beans,
polypeptide (protein) nuts and meat
* Hormones
* Enzymes
Nucleic Acid
Nucleotide / Nucleic
* Stores genetic
information- controls acid
how body works and
what you look like
* Makes proteins
Period 3, 6, 7
Function
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O) in a 1:2:1
ratio
* Provide energy
* Make up hormones
* Make up cell
membrane
* Many different
functions depending
on the number and
type of amino acids
* Structural support
* Communication
* Speed up chemical
reaction
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Phosphorus (P)
Nitrogen (N)
Examples
* Sugar
* Starch
* Cellulose
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Little bit of
Oxygen (O)
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Sulfur (S)
Nitrogen (N)
* DNA
* RNA
Name
Date
Period 3, 6, 7
CARBON BASED MOLECULES SECTION 2.3
Carbon-based
Molecule
Carbohydrate
Lipid
Protein
Nucleic Acid
Chemical Make-up
Monomer/Polymer
Function
Examples
Name
Date
Period 3, 6, 7
Carbon-based Molecules Section 2.3
• Are the foundation of life meaning ____________________________________________________________________
• Carbon atoms have unique bonding properties.
Carbon atoms form _________________________ with four other atoms (Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and/or
Carbon), this makes it suited for the ___________________________________________________________________.
• Chemically, this is due to carbon’s 4 ____________________________________ which make it able to form 4 bonds to
achieve ____________________________.
Valence electrons – ____________________________________________________________________; these are the
electrons that are available to bond with other atoms
• Many carbon-based molecules are made of many _________________________________________________ called
monomers.
– Monomers join together to form a ________________________________.
• Assembling & Disassembling Polymers via Chemical Reactions
– Hydrolysis- water interacts with a polymer _______________________________________________________
to each other.
Break a _____________________ down into _____________________
– Dehydration synthesis- ___________________________________________________ together while losing
water molecules.
Build a _____________________ by bonded a bunch of _____________________