Review to Biomolecules

Basic units of cabohydrates.

• simple sugars

• amino acids

• fatty acids and glycerol

• nucleotides

Basic units of proteins.

• simple sugars

• fatty acids and glycerol

• nucleotides

• amino acids

Basic units of lipids.

• nucleotides

• amino acids

• simple sugars

• fatty acids and glycerol

An example of simple sugar (monosaccharide).

• glucose

• sucrose

• starch

• glycogen

An example of larger sugar molecule (disaccharide).

• glucose

• sucrose

• cellulose

• glycogen

Two examples of much larger sugar molecules (polysaccharides).

• starch

• sucrose

• glucose

• glycogen

Total number of amino acids in plant and animal cells.

• 15

• 17

• 19

• 20

A large molecule made up of many similar or identical subunits.

• lipids
• polymer
• monomer
• monosaccharide

Three fatty acids bonded to glycerol

• glycogen
• polypeptide
• protein
• triglyceride

A carbon compound that contains two functional groups: amino and carboxyl

• amino acid
• enzyme
• carbohydrate
• nucleic acid