10th Grade Carbon-based molecules

____________is often called the building block of life because its atoms are the basis of most molecules that make up living things.

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Sulfur

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Carbon atoms can form ______________ bonds with up to four other atoms, including other atoms of itself.

• covalent

• ionic

• metallic

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Carbon-based molecules have three fundamental structures:

• straight chains

• branched chains

• rings

• arrows

________________is a large molecule, or macromolecule, made of many monomers bonded together.

• polymer

• monomer

• saccharides

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When___________________are linked, they form molecules called polymers

• Monomers

• Polymers

• Polysaccharide

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_______________are molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and they include sugars and starches.

• carbohydrates

• proteins

• lipids

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________________ the study of the chemicals and reactions that occur in living organisms.

• Biochemistry

• Physics

• English

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Carbohydrates are produced by plants through a process called______________________.

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• mitosis

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This comes from the Greek word for sugar.

• Saccharides

• Molecules

• Glucose

Is the most abundant monosaccharide in nature. It is also the most important monosaccharide nutritionally because provides energy for cellular activities

• glucose

• fructose

• galactose

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