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Glucose, Fructose and
Galactose
What are monosaccharides?
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What are disaccharides?
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The major function of
carbohydrates
What is
Quick Energy
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This polysaccharide is known as animal
starch
What is glycogen
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What is deoxiribose?
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What this picture shows
What is a monosaccharide
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Building block of all lipids
What are fatty acids?
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The function of lipids
What is a long term energy or insulation?
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Fatty acids that are straight chains, solid at room
temperature, and unhealthy
What are saturated fat?
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Fatty acids that are liquids at room temperature, from plants
and usually better for you.
What are unsaturated?
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The building block of nucleic acids that are made of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate
group and a nitrogenous base
What is a nucleotide?
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The two types of
nucleic acids
What are DNA and RNA?
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The four types of nitrogenous
bases.
What are a, g, c, and t
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The function of nucleic
acids
What is to give the cell instructions for making
protein
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Of carbohydrates and lipids, the one that is soluble in
water but not in oils
What are carbohydrates
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There are 20 different types of these that make
up proteins.
What are amino acids
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The bond that joins the protein building blocks
together
What is a peptide bond
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A type of protein that changes the rate of chemical reactions in the
body
What is an enzyme
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T/F Protein will be used by the body for energy if the first 2 are
unavailable
All organic molecules contain these 2 elements
What is Carbon and hydrogen?
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It is a large molecule made of
many smaller subunits
What is a polymer
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The four types of organic molecules
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and
nucleic acids
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It is something that joins two molecules together, could be ionic or covalent.
What is a bond?
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It is the word that describes the ability
of a substance to dissolve in another
What is solubility
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One of the most common proteins in your body, it makes up your hair and
nails…
What is Keratin?
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It is the “sleepy” amino acid found
in turkey…
What is tryptophan?
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