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Macromolecules
In this investigation, you will learn about the 4 types of macromolecules and how the body utilizes them
1) Which element provides the backbone for life?
a. How many other elements can carbon bond with at one time?
b. Are these bonds usually ionic or covalent?
c.
Why is it important that 4 bonds can be formed?
2) Define macromolecule
a. List the 4 types of macromolecules
Carbohydrates
1) What are the 3 types of carbohydrates?
a. What differentiates the three types?
2) How does the body use carbohydrates?
3) List 5 examples of foods rich in Carbohydrates
4) People with what disease closely monitor carbohydrate intake?
Lipids
1) What are the 3 types of lipids?
a. What differentiates the 3 types?
2) How does the body utilize lipids?
3) How do lipids interact with water? (love it or hate it?)
4) Describe a phospholipid
a. How does the head interact with water?
b. How does the tail interact with water?
5) List 5 examples of foods rich in Lipids
6) Which of the 3 types of lipids are supposedly really bad for you and the government regulates the
amount that can be in your food?
Proteins
1) What is an amino acid?
2) Describe the difference among primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures.
a. Describe the order in which they fold
3) Name the type of covalent bond that specifically joins amino acids
4) How does the body utilize proteins? (what in the body is made of protein?)
Nucleic Acids
1) What is the function of Nucleic Acids?
2) Name the 2 molecules that are made of Nucleic Acids