What is a Macromolecule?
Very large molecules, like proteins or carbohydrates.
What are Macromolecules made out of?
Monomers
What are Polymers?
The chains of monomers stuck together.
What are Carbohydrates made out of?
Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen
What is Carbohydrates monomer?
Monosaccharides
What are Monosaccharides made for?
quick energy (glucose and fructose)
What is Carbohydrate’s polymer?
polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen)
What does cellulose do?
structure and support in the plant wall
what does glycogen do?
storage for sugar or energy
what are lipids basically
oils and fats
what are lipids made out of?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
what do lipids give
-long term energy storage
- making the cell membrane
- cellular communication
- water repelling
what are proteins made out of
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitogen
what do proteins do
- provide structural support
- speed up reactions
- transport
- protection/ immunity
what is the monomer of a protein
amino acid
what is the polymer of the protien
polypeptides
whats in nucleic acids
Carbon,
hydrogen,
oxygen,
nitrogen, and
phosphorus
monomer for nucleic acid
nucleotides
polymer for nucleic acid
DNA and RNA
whats the function for nucleic acids
carry genetic DNA information required for life and code for proteins
