MACROMOLECULES
Lipids
Nucleic
Acids
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Amazing
Molecules
Carbs
Proteins
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FINAL ROUND
Amazing Molecules:
$100 Question
Name this molecule!
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Amazing Molecules :
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Ribose (pentose sugar/monosaccharide)
(Carbohydrate)
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$200 Question
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Amino acid
(Protein)
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Amazing Molecules :
$300 Question
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Triglyceride
(lipids)
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Amazing Molecules :
$400 Question
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Amazing Molecules :
$400 Answer
Phospholipid
(lipids)
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Amazing Molecules :
$500 Question
Name this molecule!
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Amazing Molecules :
$500 Answer
Nucleotide
(nucleic acid)
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Carbs:
$100 Question
Name two polysaccharides that are used
for energy storage.
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Carbs :
$100 Answer
Starch and glycogen
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Carbs :
$200 Question
Name 3 examples of disaccharides.
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Carbs :
$200 Answer
Lactose, maltose, sucrose
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Carbs :
$300 Question
What elements are present in
carbohydrates and in what ratio?
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Carbs :
$300 Answer
CH2O
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Carbs :
$400 Question
Which polysaccharide is difficult for
humans to digest and why?
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Carbs :
$400 Answer
Cellulose (fiber) because of the chemical
orientation of the sugars
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Carbs :
$500 Question
Name two isomers of glucose.
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Carbs:
$500 Answer
Fructose and galactose
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Proteins:
$100 Question
What can cause proteins to become
denatured?
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Proteins :
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Temp and pH
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Proteins :
$200 Question
What determines the order of amino acids
in a protein?
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Proteins :
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Genetic Code in DNA
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Proteins :
$300 Question
What type of bonds exist between amino
acids?
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Proteins :
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Peptide Bonds
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Proteins :
$400 Question
What are the 6 categories of functions for
proteins?
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Proteins :
$400 Answer
Regulation (hormones)
Metabolism (enzymes)
Motion (muscle fibers)
Transport (cell membrane proteins)
Structure (hair, skin, nail proteins)
Defense (antibodies)
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Proteins :
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Describe each level of protein structure.
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Primary (amino acid sequence –
polypeptide chain)
Secondary (hydrogen bonds to create
alpha helix & beta pleated sheets)
Tiertary (folds into a 3D shape by ionic
bonds, covalent bonds, and hydrophobic
interactions between R groups of amino
acids)
Quaternary (more than one polypeptide)
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Lipids:
$100 Question
Name the four classes of lipids.
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Lipids :
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Steroids
Phospholipids
Waxes
triglycerides
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Lipids :
$200 Question
What are the differences between
saturated and unsaturated fats
(triglycerides)? Be specific!!!!
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Lipids :
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Saturated – NO double bonds between
carbons in the fatty acid chains; straight
chains; solid at room temp
Unsaturated – double bonds between
carbons in the fatty acid chains; bent
chains; liquid at room temp
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Lipids :
$300 Answer
Four interlocking carbon rings such as
cholesterol and hormones are called….
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Lipids :
$400 Question
• Describe a phospholipid in detail.
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Lipids :
$400 Answer
Phosphate head (hydrophilic and polar)
2 fatty acid tails (hydrophobic and
nonpolar)
.
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Lipids :
$500 Question
How many water molecules are a product
of the dehydration synthesis of a
triglyceride?
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Lipids :
$500 Answer
3 water molecules
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Nucleic Acids
$100 Question
What are the monomers of nucleic acids?
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Nucleic Acids :
$100 Answer
nucleotides
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Nucleic Acids :
$200 Question
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
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Vocab: :
$200 Answer
Phosphate; nitrogen base; pentose sugar
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Nucleic Acids :
$300 Question
What are the complementary nitrogen
base pairs in DNA?
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Nucleic Acids :
$300 Answer
A–T
G-C
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Nucleic Acids :
$400 Question
What is a nucleic acid used as the energy
currency in cells?
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Nucleic Acids :
$400 Answer
ATP
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Nucleic Acids :
$500 Question
Which nitrogen base is not found in RNA?
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Nucleic Acids :
$500 Answer
thymine
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FINAL ROUND Question
What substances are present in the
unknown sample according to the results
below?
Test
Before
After
Benedicts
Blue
Blue
Biurets
Blue
Purple
Iodine
Rust
Black
Solubility
Insoluble layers
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FINAL ROUND Question
PROTEINS, LIPIDS, POLYSACCHARIDES
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