Unit 2 VOCABULARY PART 1

What is a very large organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules called?

• Carbohydrate

• Monosaccharide

• Macromolecule

• Lipid

What is the main source of energy for living things, made of C, H, and O?

• Lipid

• Carbohydrate

• Protein

• Nucleic acid

What are single sugar molecules, which are monomers of carbohydrates, called?

• Monosaccharide

• Fatty acids

• Amino acids

• Nucleotide

What are fats and oils, which are used for long-term energy storage and made of fatty acids and glycerol, called?

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

What are the monomers of lipids?

• Monosaccharides

• Amino acids

• Fatty acids and glycerol

• Nucleotides

What are the building blocks that make up a polymer called?

• Monomers

• Polymers

• Nucleotides

• Amino acids

What is a long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together called?

• Monomer

• Polymer

• Nucleotide

• Amino acid

What are compounds that contain carbon called?

• Inorganic compounds

• Organic compounds

• Polymers

• Nucleic acids

What are the building blocks of proteins?

• Monosaccharides

• Fatty acids

• Amino acids

• Nucleotides

What is an organic compound made of one or more chains of amino acids, providing structure and containing C, H, O, and N?

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Protein

• Nucleic acid