Q4 Project Webquest - Macromolecules

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) _____, _____, _____, _____

 

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/macromolecules/introduction-to-macromolecues/a/introduction-to-macromolecules

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? ___________________________________________

 

https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/03%3A_Biological_Macromolecules/3.02%3A__Carbohydrates_-_Importance_of_Carbohydrates

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)? 

 

https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Macromolecules-Polysaccharides-Proteins-and-Nucleic-Acids.aspx

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