H Animal Nutrition Vocabulary

Match the following.

• monomer of a carbohydrate; simple sugar

• monosaccharide

• monomer of nucleic acids

• 3 fatty acids and glycerol

• monomer of a protein

• amino acid

• monomer of a lipid

• nucleotide

Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things - lower activation energy to make reactions happen

• enzymes

• amino acids

• lipids

• metabolism

a starting substance in a chemical reaction is a ​ (a)  

• reactant (substrate)
• product
• metabolism
• symbiosis

Carbohydrate component of plant cell walls

• cellulose

• monosaccharide

• 3 fatty acids and glycerol

• protein

A substance produced in a chemical reaction is a ​ (a)  

• product
• reactant (substrate)
• N2
• polymer

Match the following.

• polymer

• A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together

• metabolism

• The sum of all the chemical reactions in a cell

• Carbon (C)

• A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

• monomer

• an element that is found in almost all compounds that make up living things

Match the following

• N2

• to absorb fully into the organism

• NO3

• Nitrate - best form of nitrogen for plants

• nitrogen-fixing bacteria

• nitrogen gas (atmospheric Nitrogen) - not usable by plants

• assimilate

• bacteria that can use nitrogen in soil to make NH4

The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas which is then released into the atmosphere.

• denitrification

• assimilation

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonification

Process where decomposers produce NH4 when breaking down organic matter.

• denitrification

• assimilation

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonification

Process where nitrogen fixing bacteria convert N2 into NH4

• denitrification

• assimilation

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonification