Nucleic Acids
Proteins:
1. Makes _________________________ in the body – like
bone and muscle tissue, skin, hair, fingernails, etc.
2. _______________ are protein catalysts that control the
rates of chemical reactions in the body.
3. Proteins ________________materials throughout the
body (like ________________ transporting oxygen) and
help move substances through the _______.
4. _______________ are proteins that function in our
immune systems.
Lipids
Carbohydrates:
1. Number one source of immediate _________ in all living
things (simple sugars ________________, glucose, and
_________________, sucrose).
2. Organisms can ___________ energy for the short-term in
long chains of glucose called ____________________.
Plants store sugars as ____________ and animals store
sugars in muscles and liver tissue as _____________.
3. ____________________ are long chains of single sugars
that act as ________________ in organisms. Plants use
________________for cell walls and insects use
____________ for exoskeletons.
FUNCTIONS
Lipids:
1. Long-term _______________ _______________.
2. Lipids make up the structure of ___________
Nucleic Acids:
___________________. Molecules like
_____________________ and _________________ make
the cell membrane flexible and semi-permeable.
1. Store and transmit _______________ information.
3. __________ are ______________ coatings that prevent
2. Adenosine Triphosphate (__________) is the energy
water loss in plants (cuticle) and aquatic birds and
‘_____________’ of all living things. This means that
mammals from waterlogging and drowning.
organisms use ATP for energy for all life processes.
4. _____________ and _____________ are chemical
_____________ in the body that don’t dissolve.
5. Lipids make ____________ from the cold, ____________,
and _______________ for vital organs.
Carbohydrate
Protein
Monomer : __________________________________
Monomer : __________________________________
(hint: Mono means ________)
The R Side Chain is one of
______ different structures
but the rest of the
molecule is the same in all
amino acids.
RATIO of atoms:
C:H:O is ___: ___:___
Carbo’hydrate’ litterally means 1
__________ atom for each
molecule of ______________
TWO Sugars: _______________________________
(hint: Di
means
__________)
Polymer : __________________________________
A chain of amino acids is called a ____________________.
The bond that joins amino
acids is a ____________
bond.
MANY Sugars: _____________________________
(hint: Poly means
__________)
THE ELEMENTS PRESENT in
these molecules are:
____ ____ ____ ____
The SUFFIX - ________
means sugar.
Monomer : __________________________________
Monomer : __________________________________
The 3 Parts to a
Nucleotide:
1.
2.
3.
Also...Adenosine
Triphosphate (______) is
Cellular Energy!!! This
has the same 3 parts of a
nucleotide but _______
phosphate groups! The
energy is stored in the
bonds between these
negative groups.
The
parts:
One ____________ and Three ___________ ________ tails
Saturated means:
At room temp: _____________Common in ____________
Heart _______________
Unsaturated means:
THE ELEMENTS PRESENT in these molecules are:
At room temp: _____________Common in ____________
Heart _______________
____ ____ ____ ____ ____
THE ELEMENTS PRESENT in these molecules are:
Polymer :
A large amount of ____ ____ and very little ____
_____ or ______
**Where is the energy stored? In the _____ - ______ bonds