B.2.3 Carbon Compounds

The most common elements in living things:

• carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

• carbon, water and nitrogen

• carbon, nitrogen and oxygen

• oxygen, hydrogen and water

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The small units that make up many macromolecules:

• polymer

• monomer

• starch

• peptide

A large molecule made up of monomers chained together:

• polymer

• monosaccharide

• peptide

• glucose

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Four main classes of macromolecules:

• carbohydrates

• salts

• proteins

• lipids

• nucleic acids

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Carbohydrate monomer:

• monosaccharides

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

Protein monomer:

• monosaccharides

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

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Nucleic acid monomer:

• monosaccharides

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

Not true monomer; make up lipids:

• fatty acid chains

• amino acids

• nucleic acids

• glycerol

• polysaccharides

Elements in carbohydrates:

• carbon

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

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Elements in lipids:

• carbon

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• phosphorus