What is the primary element in organic compounds?
What best describes the role of organic compounds in organisms?
How many elements does a compound consist of?
Why is water not considered an organic compound?
Why is carbon fundamental to life?
How many major types of organic compounds can millions of organic compounds be grouped into?
Approximately how many carbon-based compounds can be found in living things?
What are the four major types of organic compounds?
Response: List in alphabetical order with no commas between words
For the given macromolecule select the correct elements. Make sure you slide the bottom bar to see all possible selections.
Carbon | Hydrogen | Oxygen | Nitrogen | Sulphur | Phosphorous | |
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Carbohydrates | ||||||
Lipids | ||||||
Nucleic Acids | ||||||
Proteins |
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
proteins | arrow_right_alt | provides energy to cells, stores energy, forms body structures |
nucleic acids | arrow_right_alt | stores energy, forms cell membranes, carries messages |
lipids | arrow_right_alt | helps cells keep their shape, makes up muscles, speeds up chemical reactions, carries messages and materials |
carbohydrates | arrow_right_alt | contains instructions for proteins, passes instructions from parents to offspring, helps make proteins |
What are the small repeating units in carbohydrates called?
What elements do carbohydrates contain?
What is the primary function of carbohydrates in the body?
Which simple sugar is primarily found in fruits?
What is the chemical formula for glucose?
Which process results in the production of glucose?
If glucose and fructose are isomers, what does it mean for their chemical formulas and the atom arrangements?
When two monosaccharides bond together, they form a protein, not a carbohydrate.
Sucrose, a type of disacaccharide, is composed of the monosaccharides fructose and glucose.
Polysaccharides are simple carbohydrates that are formed by only two simple sugars binding together.
Polysaccharides can contain between a few to thousands of simple sugars.
What are the main functions of complex carbohydrates?
What forms when simple sugars bind together in a chain?
What two key roles do proteins play in the body's functioning?
What is a protein composed of?
Approximately how many different amino acids are found in living organisms' proteins?
A protein may have up to four levels of structure. The lowest level, a protein’s primary structure, is its sequence of amino acids. The complex structures of different proteins give them unique properties, which they need to carry out their various jobs in living organisms.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Secondary | arrow_right_alt | The sequence of amino acids in a protein. |
Tertiary | arrow_right_alt | Amino acid's hydrogen bonds to for helices and sheets. |
Quaternary | arrow_right_alt | Three dimensional structure of a protein, attractions for between helices and sheets |
Primary | arrow_right_alt | Protein consisting of more than one amino acid chain |
What are the proteins that speed up biochemical reactions in cells?
Which protein targets pathogens for destruction in our body?
Match the type of lipid with its primary function.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
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Steroids | arrow_right_alt | Stored energy in animals |
Triglycerides | arrow_right_alt | Major components of cell membranes |
Phospholipids | arrow_right_alt | Serve as chemical messengers and other roles |
Why are lipids important for human body functions?
Which types of fatty acids must be consumed through diet?
What is the primary role of essential fatty acids in the body?
ATP is not considered a nucleic acid?
What replaces thymine in RNA?
What is the shape of the DNA molecule known as?
In DNA, the base adenine always binds to which other base?
DNA, RNA, and ATP are types of what?
Match the following molecules to their functions
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
RNA | arrow_right_alt | Essential components of proteins |
Amino Acid | arrow_right_alt | Holds genetic instructions for protein sequence |
DNA | arrow_right_alt | Uses DNA information to assemble amino acids |
What are the three smaller molecules that make up a nucleotide?