Download Name Date Period ______ Macromolecules Vocabulary Practice

Name ______________________________________
Date _____________________
Period ______
Macromolecules Vocabulary Practice
Word Bank: amino acids /
carbohydrates / DNA / energy /
energy / genetic / glucose / larger /
lipids / macromolecule / monomer
/ monomers / monomers /
monosaccharide /
monosaccharides / nucleic / nucleic
acids / proteins / proteins / water
Term
Macromolecule
Monomer
Polymer
Carbohydrate
Monosaccharide
Polysaccharide
Protein
Teacher definition
A very large molecule
Fill in the blank
The four types of macromolecules are
___________________________________,
_________________________________,
________________________________, and
____________________________________.
A small molecule that is
combined with other
monomers to form larger
polymers
Many amino acid ________________________ are
linked together to form one
_________________________________ polymer.
A large molecule that is made
of combinations of smaller
molecules called monomers
Many small ________________________ combine to
form ______________ polymers like
_____________________ acids.
Sugar molecules that can be
found alone as monomers or
linked together in polymers
A carbohydrate monomer
that is made of one sugar
molecule
A carbohydrate polymer
that is made of many
monosaccharides linked
together
Carbohydrates provide _______________ for both
plants and animals.
Glucose is an example of a
_____________________________ because it is a
____________________ of carbohydrates.
Polysaccharides are used by the body to store
___________________ and are made of many
________________________________________ like
_____________________________.
A polymer that is made of
many amino acids linked
together
There are 20 ________________________________ that
can be combined by enzymes to make
____________________.
A polymer that is made of
many nucleotides linked
together
Nucleic acids, such as the polymer,
__________________, are important because they
store _____________________________ information.
A macromolecule that is
nonpolar or has a large
nonpolar region
Lipids do not mix with __________________ well
because lipids are [nonpolar / polar] and water
is [nonpolar / polar].
Nucleic acid
Lipid
Enzymes Vocabulary Practice
Draw a line to connect each
of the following 3 monomers
to their polymers...
Term
Amino acids
Simple sugars
Nucleotides
Teacher definition
Reactant
Something that is a starting
material for a chemical
reaction
Product
Something that is produced
by a chemical reaction
Catalyst
Enzyme
Substrate
Active site
Word Bank: active sites /
amino acids / carbohydrate /
Something that speeds up a
chemical reaction
A protein that speeds up a
chemical reaction in living
organisms
The molecule(s) that an
enzyme works on
The part of the enzyme that
interacts with the substrate

 OR 
Fill in the blank
When proteins are broken
down into
____________________________,
______________________ are the
reactants.
When simple sugars are
combined to form
_________________________________
___ macromolecules like
__________________,
______________________________ is
the product.
Examples of
___________________________s in a
human cell are
____________________ because
they make a chemical
reaction
______________________________.
DNAse is an
__________________________ that
_________________________ the
breakdown of DNA into
_________________________________
.
The substrates of an enzyme
that builds carbohydrates are
_________________________________
________.
Enzymes combine with
___________________ at the
enzyme’s
_________________________________
_______.
Carbohydrates
Nucleic acids
Proteins
catalyst / enzyme / enzymes
/ nucleotides / proteins /
simple sugars / speed up /
speeds / starch / starch /
substrates