Lipids

Question 1

What are lipids made of

Answer 1

Carbons and hydrogen

Question 2

What are they? Lipids

Answer 2

They are hydrophobic

Question 3

What are some functions of lipids

Answer 3

Stores energy 
Cushions Cortana 
Body insulation 
Waterproof covering 
Chemical messengers

Question 4

What are 3 lipid categories

Answer 4

Fats
Phospholipids
Steroids

Question 5

What are the different types of fats

Answer 5

Saturated
Unsaturated
Trans fat

Question 6

What are fats made of

Answer 6

Glycerol, attracts to three fatty acids
Glycerol has 3 carbons
Fatty acids are hydrocarbon chains

Question 7

Saturated fat- what does each fatty acid chain has?

Answer 7

A single bond between each carbon

Question 8

Unsaturated fat- there is at least what… on a fatty acid chain

Answer 8

There is at least one carbon-carbon double bond

Question 9

What are phospholipids?

Answer 9

Common in animal cell membranes

Hydrophobic fatty acid tail and hydrophilic head

Question 10

What do steroid hormones do?

Answer 10

Can enter the nucleus and change the pattern of gene expression in the cell