Carbon Compounds - Lipids

Question 1

lipids

Answer 1

• large molecules generally not soluble to water, made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms with a little bit of oxygen

Question 2

fats

Answer 2

• main function is to store energy
• saturated all of the carbon binding sites have a hydrogen bond to it
• from animals

Question 3

oils

Answer 3

• unsaturated not all the available binding sites are filled

- from plants

Question 4

phospholipids

Answer 4

• structurally similar to fats, but they form an important part of the cell membrane
• form a phospholipid bilayer because of two parts of the phospholipid and their hydrophilic heads and hydrophodic tails

Question 5

steriods

Answer 5

• vary in structure and function

- ex. testosterone (male sex hormone), estrogen (female sex hormone), cholesterol (good and bad)