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Name ________________________________Period ______ Date ________________
Macromolecule Worksheet
1.
What are the definitions for a monomer and a polymer?
a. Monomer = _____________________________________________________________
b. Polymer = ______________________________________________________________
2. Draw a starch polymer containing its many monomers. Use hexagons as a monomer and label
which is a monomer & a polymer.
3. Complete the chart below. Remember mono means one and poly means many.
Macromolecules
Food Example
Monomer
Polymer
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
4. How many rings are in a monosaccharide? ___ Disaccharide? ___ Polysaccharide? ______
a. What is the most common monosaccharide? _________________________
b. What is the most common polysaccharide in plants? __________________
In animals? ___________________
5. Are lipids polar or non-polar? _____________________ Are they water soluble? ________
6. Draw the general chemical structure of an amino acid.
7. What kind of bond holds amino acids together? __________________________
8. A chain of amino acids is called a/an ____________________________.
9. What two functions do nucleic acids have?
10. What are the three parts that make up a nucleotide?
11. What two types of sugar are found in nucleic acids?
a. DNA sugar = ______________________________
b. RNA sugar = ______________________________
12. What are the 4 DNA bases?
What are the 4 RNA bases?
a. ________________
a. ________________
b. ________________
b. ________________
c. ________________
c. ________________
d. ________________
d. ________________