Macromolecules are formed by a process known as ___________, in which ___________ are built by the joining together of many ___________.

Monomers join together to form ___________.

What are all polymers made of?

True or false: starch is a carbohydrate

What do carbohydrates supply to all cell activities?

Why are carbohydrates healthy?

Living things use carbohydrates as their main source of ___________.

Monosaccharides contain ___________ molecule(s) of sugar.

Unbranched carbon chains that make up most lipids

Constructed from glycerol and fatty acids

Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, hydrophobic

Complex carbohydrate consisting of glucose monomers that reinforces plant-cell walls, never branched and has beta linkages

Proteins that act as biological catalysts

A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

Large molecule formed when many smaller molecules bond together

Four main classes of large biological molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids)

A molecule comprised of two monosaccharides

A covalently bonded compound that contains carbon

A simple sugar that is an important source of energy.

A protein that makes a reaction happen QUICKER; decreases activation energy of a reaction.

A simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a carbohydrate

Building blocks of protein

Joining monomers to form a polymer

Term for most compounds containing carbon