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Name: ___________________________________________ Period: _________ Date:__________
Strut n Cut (and Arrange) Activity
(Organic Macromolecules)
Procedure:
1) Using the manipulative provided, place the appropriate shapes in the appropriate arrangement to create the
macromolecule given.
2) Have a teacher check your work before you complete this sheet. Teacher initials: ___________
3) Show how the shapes are connected by drawing in the bonds in black marker.
4) Complete the questions below.
Polysaccharide (5 units
long)
Polypeptide chain (6
units long
Fats (2 diff. complete molecules
Mono vs Disaccharide
Amino Acid
Using your notesheets and what you learned in the activity, answer the following questions.
1) What is the monomer for a Carbohydrate? ________________________
2) What is the polymer/macromolecule for a carbohydrate? _______________________
3) Suppose that an animal (you?) had consumed your answer for #2 above and began digesting it (breaking it down). What
would it break it down into? _______________
4) Give one reason/use for why a cell would do this (in #3)? _____________________
5) List the 2 types of monomers for lipids: __________________________________
6) List the 2 types of macromolecules for lipids: ________________________
7) Give one major biological use for lipids (in organisms/cells) _________________
8) What are the monomers for proteins? _____________
9) What are the macromolecules for proteins (scientific name)? ___________________
10) List one major source of where/how your body would obtain the building blocks (answer #8) so that it could
build/manufacture #9 in your cells. ___________________________
(one more question on next page)
11) Identify the following macromolecules as a: protein, carbohydrate, lipid or nucleic acid (VIDEO/NOTES are helpful!).
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