Unit 2: biological macromolecules

Question 1

made of a chain of glucose subunits

Answer 1

Carbohydrates

Question 2

What kind of molecule is starch?

Answer 2

Carbohydrate

Question 3

Look like chains of hexagons

Answer 3

Carbohydrates

Question 4

Used for quick energy

Answer 4

Carbohydrates

Question 5

What kind of molecule is fiber?

Answer 5

Carbohydrates (but we don’t have an enzyme to digest this)

Question 6

made of a chain of amino acids

Answer 6

Proteins

Question 7

cartooned as a chain of boxes

Answer 7

Proteins

Question 8

Used to build the pieces of our bodies

Answer 8

Proteins

Question 9

Used to speed up chemical reactions

Answer 9

Proteins (more specifically: enzymes)

Question 10

Antibodies are _____ which help our immune system.

Answer 10

proteins

Question 11

If the name ends in -ose, the molecule is a _____

Answer 11

Carbohydrate (more specifically: sugar)

Example: fructose

Question 12

All sugars are _______

Answer 12

Carbohydrates

Question 13

If the name ends in -ase, the molecule is a _____

Answer 13

Proteins (more specifically: enzyme)

Example: catalase

Question 14

If the name ends in -in, the molecule is a _____

Answer 14

Protein

Example: hemoglobin

Question 15

Hemoglobin is a _______ which makes your blood red.

Answer 15

protein

Question 16

cartooned as squiggly lines connected together

Answer 16

lipids

Question 17

The technical term for fats and oils

Answer 17

lipids

Question 18

Used for insulation

Answer 18

lipids

Question 19

Used for long term energy storage

Answer 19

lipids

Question 20

made of fatty acid chains

Answer 20

lipids

Question 21

Cartooned as a chain of triangles

Answer 21

Nucleic Acids

Question 22

made of nucleotides

Answer 22

Nucleic Acids

Question 23

DNA and RNA are ________.

Answer 23

Nucleic Acids

Question 24

Used to store genetic information

Answer 24

Nucleic Acids

Question 25

This shape symbolizes \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 25

a fatty acid

Question 26

This is a picture of a \_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 26

lipid

Question 27

These are pictures of \_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 27

carbohydrates

Question 28

This shape symbolizes \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 28

glucose

Question 29

This shape symbolizes \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 29

an amino acid

Question 30

This shape symbolizes \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 30

a nucleotide

Question 31

This molecule is used for \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 31

insulation and long term energy

Question 32

If this belt were one of our cartoons, it would be a \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 32

protein

Question 33

If this necklace were one of our cartoons, it would be a \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 33

nucleic acid

Question 34

What is this molecule used for?

Answer 34

short term energy

Question 35

True or false: This bracelet could be a cartoon of DNA.

Answer 35

False! DNA is a nucleic acid, which would be cartooned with triangles, not squares. This could be a cartoon of a protein, like hemoglobin for example.

Question 36

If this necklace was one of our cartoons, what would its function be?

Answer 36

to store genetic information

Question 37

What is the subunit of this molecule called?

Answer 37

fatty acid