Macromolecules

What do macromolecules make up? Large molecules composed of thousands of covalently connected atoms. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are all macromolecules.

• true

• false

An organisms genetic information is stored in macromolucles known as _______

• proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Nucleic Acids

Leon has a big football game this evening. What monomer should he load up on during dinner to ensure that he has enough energy for the big game?

• proteins

• fatty acids

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• monosaccharides

lipid is to insulation as carbohydrate is to ____________.

• stored energy

• heredity

• structure

• quick energy

A storage form of sugar found only in plants

• starch

• glycogen

• table sugar

There are four major classes of biological macromolecules:

• carbohydrates.

• lipids.

• proteins.

• nucleic acids.

• glucose,

You are analyzing a compound in the laboratory. You find that it is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of two hydrogen atoms for each carbon atom. How will you classify the compound?

• proteins

• lipids

• nucleic acids

RNA and DNA are which type of macromolecules?

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• carbohydrates

What will most likely happen if an appropriate enzyme is added to a chemical reaction?

• The reaction will stop.

• The reaction rate will increase.

• The reaction rate will decrease.

A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base form the building blocks of which organic compound?

• nucleic acids

• lipids

• protiens