Biology 1
Macromolecules, proteins, and nucleic acids
Study Guide Part 2
Name: _________________________________
Date: _____________
Period: ________
What to know for the Macromolecule test?
 Know all the contents on Study Guide Part 1 on Macromolecules, Carbohydrates, and Lipids
 Know the contents of the Fact Sheets
 Know the contents of this study guide
Vocabulary to Know
 Nucleic acid
 Nucleotide
 DNA
 RNA
 Phosphate group
 Nitrogenous Base
 5-Carbon Sugar
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Proteins
Amino acids
Peptide bond
Amino group
Central carbon
Carboxyl group
R group
Lone hydrogen
Answer the following review questions on NOTEBOOK PAPER and staple it behind this sheet. If you do
not follow this direction you will get know credit.
1. What is the monomer found in nucleic acids?
2. Draw and label the three parts of a nucleotide.
3. Know the two nucleic acids, how they are different and what their acronym means and how to spell the
nucleic acid names in full.
4. How is DNA and RNA similar? Different?
5. Why are nucleic acids such important macromolecules?
6. What is the monomer found in proteins?
7. What is the process that joins the monomers of proteins together? What is the name of the bond
between the monomers?
8. Draw and label the parts of the basic amino acid structure.
9. How are the 20 amino acids different from each other?
10. Why are proteins such important macromolecules?
11. Draw one basic example of each of the four macromolecules and describe what makes them similar and
what makes them different