2.1.8 Cells -- Chemical Compounds and The Cell Environment

An ________________ is any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances.

• Carbohydrate

• Cell

• Element

• Compound

What forms when two or more elements combine chemically?

• Compounds

• Elements

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Carbohydrates

• Make up cell membranes

• Energy-rich organic compounds made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

• Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, in some cases, sulfur

• A group of proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living things

Compounds that cell membranes are made of.

• Enzymes

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

Proteins

• Long, organic molecules

• Sugars and starches

• Are what cell membranes are made of

• Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, in some cases, sulfur - include meat, dairy, fish, nuts, and beans

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A group of proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living things.

• Nucleic Acids

• Enzymes

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

___________ _______ are very long organic molecules that consist of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus that contain the instructions that cells need to carry out all the functions of life.

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleic Acids

• Proteins

• Lipids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What 3 elements are included in most organic compounds that make up the human body?

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

• Sulfur

• Oxygen

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.

• Nucleic Acids

• Double Helix

• DNA

• Proteins

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The shape of a DNA molecule is describes as a _____________ ____________.

• Carbohydrate

• Nucleic Acid

• DNA

• Double Helix