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BIOMOLECULE AND
DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS
PROTEIN

Elements: C, H, O, and N

Examples: meat, dairy, chicken, eggs

Function: growth and repair of tissues,
form enzymes

Monomer: Amino Acids
CARBOHYDRATE

Elements: C, H, O with 2 H for each O

Examples: Table sugar (sucrose), blood sugar
(glucose), fruit sugar (fructose), Starch

Function: Short term energy for the body

Monomer: Monosaccharides

Types: Monosaccharides (glucose), disaccharides
(sucrose), polysaccharides (starch)
LIPID

Elements: C, H, O

Examples: Fats, oils, waxes

Function: Energy storage for the body, build cell
membranes

Monomer: fatty acids and glycerol

Types: Saturated and Unsaturated
NUCLEIC
ACID

Elements: C, H, O, N, and P

Examples: DNA and RNA

Function: Store genetic information, used in protein
synthesis

Monomer: Nucleotides (A, T, G, C, U)
DEHYDRATION
SYNTHESIS
Polymers
are built from
monomers by the removal
of a water molecule
Examples:
Fatty acid and glycerol
Carbohydrate
1. Lipids are made when a water molecule is removed
Monosaccharide
Nucleic acid
from
fatty
acid
and
glycerol,
which
connects
these
YOUR TURN!
Protein
Nucleotide
monomers together.
2.Think
Monosaccharides
(monomer)
used
to build

about what
puttingare
the
skittles
carbohydrates (polymers) through dehydration
together
represents
(what
is
the
name
of
synthesis.
3.the
Afterprocess).
removing water, amino acids connect to build a
protein.
Use
the word bank to create a sentence
4.describing
Nucleotides (monomer)
come
together to build
how each
biomolecule
is DNA or
RNA (polymer) through the removal of a water
formed
through
dehydration
synthesis.
molecule.
Lipid
Amino acid
DIGESTION IS
AN EXAMPLE
OF
HYDROLYSIS!
HYDROLYSIS:
POLYMERS ARE BROKEN INTO
MONOMERS BY ADDING A WATER
MOLECULE.
Examples:
Fatty acid and glycerol
Carbohydrate
Lipid
Amino acid
1. Lipids are broken into fatty
acids and glycerol
Monosaccharide
Nucleic acid
YOUR
TURN!
when water is added.
Protein
Nucleotide
2. Carbohydrates (polymer) are broken into
Think about what breaking the skittles
monosaccharides (monomers) through hydrolysis.
together
represents
(what
is
the
name
of
3. After adding a water, protein is broken into amino
the
process).
acids.
4.
Nucleotides
(monomer)
broken
from a DNA
Use
the word
bank to are
create
a sentence
or RNA (polymer)
through
the addition of
describing
how each
biomolecule
is a water
molecule.
broken
through hydrolysis.