The building blocks of life

The building blocks of life

Ch.6 section 4 p.168-171

Farah Abu Atieh

Quick revision:

Carbon atoms can be joined to form carbon molecules similarly, most cells store small carbon compounds that serve as building blocks for large molecules.

 

Multiple Choice

Large molecules that are found by joining smaller organic molecules together

• Macromolecules

• Polymers

Multiple Choice

Molecules made from repeating units of identical or nearly identical compounds called monomers that are linked together

• Macromolecules

• Polymers

• biological macromolecules are organized into four major categories :

• carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

Today we will complete the lesson from

page 168 to page 171

vocabulary

• carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Protein

• Nucleic acid

carbohydrates

• you will watch video about carbohydrates and before you watch take look for these questions:

• complete the following:

• carbohydrates composed of ______, ______, _________