Carbohydrates & Lipids (HN)

Which of the following elements is NOT found in carbohydrates?

• Carbon
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen

Organisms use carbohydrates for 

• Energy
• Structural Building Blocks
• Hereditary Information
• Energy & Structural Building Blocks

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Simple sugars, like glucose, are called

• monosaccharides
• disaccharides
• polysaccharides
• starch

Many __________ come together to form one ______________.

• monomers; polymer
• polymers; monomer

An important carbohydrate polymer is 

• lactose
• glucose
• starch
• fructose

_________ is a carbohydrate polymer that humans cannot digest and that make up cell walls of plants.

• Starch
• Cellulose
• Glucose
• Lactose

Lipids are ____________, and are ____________ in water.

• polar; soluble
• polar; insoluble
• nonpolar; soluble
• nonpolar; insoluble

Which has more energy, 1.0 g of carbohydrate or 1.0 g of lipid?

• Carbohydrate
• Lipid

A fatty acid chain with only C-C bonds (single bonds) is ________________ and makes the molecule a solid at room temperature, like butter or lard.

• saturated
• unsaturated

Lipid bilayers are the basis for what important cell structure?

• Cytoskeleton
• Ctyoplasm
• Cell membrane
• Cell wall