The Building Blocks of Life Vocabulary

large molecule formed by joining smaller organic molecules together

• Macromolecule

• Lipid

• Protein

• Carbohydrate

a large molecule formed from smaller repeating units of identical, or nearly identical, compounds linked by covalent bonds

• Carbohydrate

• Monomer

• Polymer

• Lipid

an organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms for each carbon atom

• Nucleic Acid

• Lipid

• Protein

• Carbohydrate

hydrophobic biological molecule composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen; fats, oils, and waxes

• Protein

• Lipid

• Nucleic Acid

• Carbohydrate

organic compound made of amino acids joined by peptide bonds; primary building block of organisms

• Protein

• Lipid

• Nucleic Acid

• Carbohydrate

carbon compound joined by peptide bonds; building block of proteins

• Amino Acids

• Nucleic Acids

• Proteins

• Lipids

complex macromolecule that stores and communicates genetic information

• Amino Acid

• Nucleic acid

• Protein

• Macromolecule

a subunit of nucleic acid formed from a simple sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base

• Lipid

• Nucleic Acid

• Amino Acid

• Nucleotide