Week 7 Vocabulary Practice: Macromolecules

Large, complex molecules

that are made up of thousands of smaller molecules.

• monomers

• macromolecules

• atom

• cell

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Uses water to break down polymers into monomers. This type of reaction breaks bonds and releases energy.

• monomers

• Hydrolysis

• dehydration synthesis

• polarization

Forms water when synthesizing a polymer from monomers.

• monomers

• Hydrolysis

• dehydration synthesis

• polarization

Building blocks

The simplest form of a macromolecule. 

• monomers

• Hydrolysis

• dehydration synthesis

• polymers

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Composed of very large molecules, called macromolecules, which are multiples of simpler chemical units.

• monomers

• Hydrolysis

• dehydration synthesis

• polymers

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Biomolecules consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Usually with a chemical formula ratio of 1:2:1

(C6H12O6)

• lipids

• Carbohydrates

• protein

• nucleic acid

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Any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.

• lipids

• Carbohydrates

• protein

• nucleic acid

A complex organic substance is present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.

• lipids

• Carbohydrates

• protein

• nucleic acid

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Contains only one molecule of sugar. This is the building block of carbohydrates.

Ex. glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose, deoxyribose

• glycerol & fatty acids

• nucleotide

• amino acid

• monosaccharide

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Building block of the macromolecule lipids.

• glycerol & fatty acids

• nucleotide

• amino acid

• monosaccharide