Macromolecules and Organelles

DNA and RNA are examples of 

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

What is the function of nucleic acids?

• store genetic information

• store energy (long-term)

• store energy (short-term)

• build skin, hair, nails, muscles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which macromolecule stores energy, insulates us, and makes up the cell membrane?

• lipids

• proteins

• carbohydrates

• nucleic acids

Which membrane-bound organelle converts energy from the sun into chemical energy during photosynthesis?

• ribosomes

• cytosol

• chloroplast

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which macromolecule has this structure?

• Carbohydrate

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Match the following terms about macromolecules to their definition

• single repeating unit in a molecule

• Organic compound

• contains carbon

• Polymer

• very large polymer or multiple polymers

• Macromolecule

• molecule composed of many repeating units (monomers)

• Monomer

Match the following

• Main source of energy in animals

• Nucleic Acids

• Store genetic information

• Carbohydrates

• Made up of amino acids

• Lipids

• Long term energy storage

• Proteins

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Which organelle resembles a flattened stack of membranes (kind of looks like pancakes) found next to the ER, near the nucleus?

• Golgi apparatus

• smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• mitochondria

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What's the digestive organelle which uses enzymes to break down molecules and cell junk?

• mitochondria

• ribosome

• lysosome

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle serves as the site of cellular respiration to make energy?

• mitochondira

• rough ER

• smooth ER

• Gogli apparatus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-5