| Carbohydrates | Lipids | Nucleic Acids | Proteins | Enzymes |
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What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
sugars (or monosaccharides)
What is the most important function of carbohydrates?
What is the most important function of carbohydrates?
provide energy
Plants store energy in the form of a polysaccharide known as _____.
Plants store energy in the form of a polysaccharide known as _____.
starch
Maltose, shown here, is a ______. 
Maltose, shown here, is a ______.
disaccharide
Cellulose is a type of carbohydrate that provides _____ in plants.
Cellulose is a type of carbohydrate that provides _____ in plants.
structural support
What is the building block of lipids?
What is the building block of lipids?
long chains of carbon and hydrogen (fatty acids)
What is the type of lipid that makes up the cell membrane?
What is the type of lipid that makes up the cell membrane?
phospholipid
These types of fats have all single bonds and occur in long, straight chains.
These types of fats have all single bonds and occur in long, straight chains.
saturated
This image shows what type of lipid? 
This image shows what type of lipid?
unsaturated fat
This function of lipids is possible because lipids are nonpolar.
This function of lipids is possible because lipids are nonpolar.
water barrier
What is the building block of nucleic acids?
What is the building block of nucleic acids?
nucleotides
The function of nucleic acids is to store _____.
The function of nucleic acids is to store _____.
hereditary information
This example of a nucleic acid is double-stranded.
This example of a nucleic acid is double-stranded.
DNA
This example of a nucleic acid is single-stranded.
This example of a nucleic acid is single-stranded.
RNA
In what part of your cell do you find your DNA?
In what part of your cell do you find your DNA?
nucleus
What is the building block of proteins?
What is the building block of proteins?
amino acids
What is the name for a protein that helps chemical reactions happen more easily?
What is the name for a protein that helps chemical reactions happen more easily?
enzyme
What types of foods are high in proteins?
What types of foods are high in proteins?
meat, eggs, fish, nuts, etc.
Proteins are useful for transporting materials across the _____.
Proteins are useful for transporting materials across the _____.
cell membrane
Proteins help enable movement because they make up what part of our bodies?
Proteins help enable movement because they make up what part of our bodies?
muscles
Enzymes speed up reactions by _____ activation energy.
Enzymes speed up reactions by _____ activation energy.
lowering
An enzyme always acts on a specific _____.
An enzyme always acts on a specific _____.
substrate
What do you call the area of an enzyme where it binds to the molecule it is working on?
What do you call the area of an enzyme where it binds to the molecule it is working on?
active site
The _____ are released from the enzyme after the reaction has taken place.
The _____ are released from the enzyme after the reaction has taken place.
products
_____ happens if an enzyme is overheated or placed in a solution that is too acidic.
_____ happens if an enzyme is overheated or placed in a solution that is too acidic.
denaturation
All of the types of molecules we have studied are _____-based.
All of the types of molecules we have studied are _____-based.
carbon
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