Honors Biology- Macromolecules Study Questions and Correct Answers
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Honors Biology
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Honors Biology
Four how many valence electrons does each carbon atom have?
They can bond with other carbon atoms what gives carbon the ability to form chains that are almost unlimited in length?
Macromolecules large molecules in living cells
Polymenzation process by which macromolecules are formed
Polymer or ...
Honors Biology- Macromolecules Study
Questions and Correct Answers
Four ✅how many valence electrons does each carbon atom have?
They can bond with other carbon atoms ✅what gives carbon the ability to form chains
that are almost unlimited in length?
Macromolecules ✅large molecules in living cells
Polymenzation ✅process by which macromolecules are formed
Polymer or macromolecule ✅when monomers join together, they form this
Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins ✅what are four groups of organic
compounds found in living things?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen ✅what atoms make up carbohydrates?
Monoscharride ✅single sugar molecules are also called?
Galactose, glucose, fructose ✅three examples of monosaccharides
Polysaccharides ✅large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides
Glycogen ✅how do animals store excess sugar?
Starch ✅how to plants store excess sugar?
Carbon, hydrogen, little oxygen ✅what kinds of atoms are lipids mostly made of?
Fats, oils, waxes ✅three common categories of lipids
Fatty acids ✅many lipids are formed when a glycerol molecule combines with
compounds called?
Saturated ✅each carbon atom in a lipid's fatty acid chain is joined to another carbon
atom by a single bond
Unsaturated ✅at least 1 carbon - carbon double bond in a fatty acid
Polyunsaturated ✅a lipid's fatty acids contain more than one double bond
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