Introduction
https://www.britannica.com/science/macromolecule
1. What is a macromolecule? _____________________________________
https://wou.edu/chemistry/chapter-11-introduction-major-macromolecules/
2. What are the four types of macromolecules? (Hint: they're the green boxes) _____, _____, _____, _____
3. Which macromolecule has the broadest range of functions? ________
4. What is a polymer made up of? _____________
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2019.00126
5. What examples of a polymer does the article give? ______________________
6. What does the Greek stem "poly" mean? _____
https://byjus.com/biology/macromolecule/
7. What three elements make up carbohydrates? _______, _______, _______
8. What makes up proteins? _____________
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology1/chapter/reading-biological-macromolecules/
9. What are some uses of lipids? ________________________________________________
10. What are the uses of nucleic acids? ___________________________________________
11. Why are carbohydrates controversial in the dietary world? __________________________________________
12. What in carbohydrates breaks down into ATP? __________________________________
https://olemiss.edu/courses/bisc102/macromol.html
13. Are lipids high or low in energy density?
14. Are lipids hydrophilic (they love water) or hydrophobic (they hate water)?
15. Proteins do what to the work in the cell?
16. How many proteins does each cell hold?
https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/nucleic-acid-274/
17. What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
18. What are two types of nucleic acids?
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22243-amino-acids
19. How many amino acids does your body need to function correctly?
20. What is the name for the 9 amino acids that your body does not produce?
Answer Key - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7PZwdpABivnPbc9FLjeB-vbh9NSAmbRUJZ5ElaUyC4/edit?usp=sharing