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MACROMOLECULE WEBQUEST
LIPIDS
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1. Lipids are organic molecules that are ________________ in water.
2. What are the three types of lipids?
3. Draw and label the triglyceride in the picture.
4. What do neutral fats, such as triglycerides, do for your body?
5. Describe saturated fatty acids.
6. In what structures are phospholipids found?
7. Describe the uses of cholesterol in our bodies?
8. What are the two main parts of a lipid?
9. Explain what makes a fat saturated or unsaturated.
10. Describe the structure and the role of steroids.
11. What is the role of wax to an organism?
12. Compare the energy values of a carbohydrate molecule versus a fat molecule.
PROTEINS
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13. Proteins comprise what percentage of our body cell mass?
14. What are proteins built from?
15. How many amino acids do we have in our bodies? ______
16. The primary structure of an amino acid is based upon what?
17. Describe the two forms of secondary structure.
CARBOHYDRATES
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18. What elements are found in carbohydrates? ______________
19. What is the ratio of Carbon to Hydrogen to Oxygen? ________
20. Carbohydrates comprise what percentage of our body cell mass? ________
21. What is the smallest carbohydrate called?
22. List 4 monosaccharides.
23. Draw the straight chain and ring structure of the monosaccharides.
24. Describe what isomers are and how they apply to carbohydrates.
25. How are dissacharides formed?
26. List 3 disaccharides and the monosaccharides that form them.
27. Describe the three main polysaccharides and their functions.
28. Sugars are mainly providing living things with ________.
