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Organic
Molecules
Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids Nucleic Acids
All organic compounds contain what element?
Carbon
If you add water to ATP to break it into ADP, what kind of reaction is taking place?
Hydrolysis
What three shapes can carbon form?
Straight chain, branched chain and ring
How is carbon different from many other elements?
1.
It can form single, double or triple bonds with other atoms.
2.
It has four electrons in its outermost energy level.
3.
It readily bonds with other carbon atoms.
Glycogen, a polysaccharide in your liver, may be broken down to glucose by what process?
Hydrolysis
List the three types of carbohydrates.
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
List 3 specific examples of carbohydrates.
Sugar
Glycogen
Cellulose
What 3 elements make up a carbohydrate and in what ratio?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
1:2:1
The carbohydrate that provides support in plants is called…
Cellulose
Carbohydrates and lipids have many carbon-hydrogen bonds.
When those bonds are broken, what is released?
ENERGY!
Long chains of amino acids are found in which macromolecule?
Proteins
Proteins are made up of what monomers?
Amino Acids
What would happen if we didn’t have enzymes in our body?
The chemical reactions in our body would occur too slowly to support life processes.
A model of enzyme action is called what?
Induced Fit Model
Lock and Key Model
Which element is found in proteins, but not in carbohydrates or lipids?
Nitrogen
What is a more common name for lipids?
Fats
Earwax and cholesterol are lipids. What is another example of a lipid in our body?
Phospholipids
List the three parts of a phospholipid.
Glycerol, a phosphate group and two fatty acid tails
Lipids are soluble in what?
Other lipids (fats & oils)
Are lipids polar or nonpolar molecules?
Nonpolar Molecules
An organism’s genetic information is stored in which type of macromolecule?
Nucleic Acids
List two examples of nucleic acids.
DNA & RNA
Which monomer makes up the polymer nucleic acid?
Nucleotides
How is DNA different from RNA?
DNA is double stranded and very long.
RNA is single stranded and shorter.
List the four types of organic molecules.
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
The molecule below is an example of which type of macromolecule?
Lipids
