Organic Molecules - Carbs vs. Proteins

Organic Molecules - Carbohydrates vs. Proteins

Open Ended

Fill in the Blank: Polypeptides are the _________ for _________.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the monomer for carbohydrates?

• Starch

• Glucose

• Lactose

• Cellulose

Multiple Select

Please check ALL that are functions [jobs] of proteins.

• The sugar that provides structure for plants

• antibodies - the protein found in white blood cells

• Provides structure to muscles - Actin & Myosin

• Hemoglobin - the protein found in red blood cells

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the area on an enzyme where the enzyme and stubstrate join together?

• Proteins

• Product

• Active Site

• Lock-and-Key

Multiple Choice

The name of the polymer / polysaccharide for carbohydrates is...

• starch

• glucose

• fructose

• amino acid

Multiple Choice

When you put many amino acids together, you get...

• a steroid molecule

• a starch molecule

• a polypeptide molecule

• a triglyceride

Open Ended

What is one of the most important functions [jobs] of carbohydrates?

Open Ended

What function of a protein is referred to as the "Lock & Key Model?"