ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
Name______________________________________
Organic molecules – Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats
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1. Organic molecules come from ________________ things.
a. ___________________
b. ___________________
c. ___________________
2. Inorganic molecules come from ___________________ things.
a. ___________________
b. ___________________
c. ___________________
3. Organic molecules contain___________________.
4. ___________________do not contain carbon.
Slide 3 and 4 are about the examples of _____________________
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5. Carbon atoms can form_______________ bonds.
6. Carbon atoms can form single, _____________, or _______________bonds.
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7. Double, and triple bonds can be___________________.
8. Why are these types of bonds (double and triple) called unsaturated? ___________________
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9. The PROCESS of breaking these bonds is called_______________________.
10. The gas used to break these bonds is called_______________________.
ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
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11. Carbon can form long chains of molecules called _______________________.
12. They resemble ______________________________________________.
13. Large polymers are called _______________________________________.
14. Each smaller unit of the polymer is called a __________________________________.
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15. Four main types of organic molecules and two examples of each:
a.________________________________________________________________________________
b.________________________________________________________________________________
c.________________________________________________________________________________
d.________________________________________________________________________________
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16. Carbohydrates are called FAST__________________________________________.
17. This means that they ____________________________________________________.
18. What does digestion mean?______________________________________________.
19. What does the word structure mean? ______________________________________.
3 examples
a. ______________________________________.
b. ______________________________________.
c. ______________________________________.
ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
20. What carb helps with digestion? ______________________________.
21. Name 3 examples of carbs:
a. __________________________
b. __________________________
c. __________________________
Slide 10 DRAW SLIDE 10 in the following space.
ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
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22. How do plants get their carbs? ___________________________________________.
23. What are AUTOTROPHS? ___________________________________________.
Name 3 specific different examples (a tree is not a specific example)
a. __________________________________________.
b. __________________________________________.
c. __________________________________________.
24. How do animals get their carbs? ___________________________________________.
25. What are HETEROTROPHS? ___________________________________________.
Name 3 specific different examples (a cow is not a specific example)
a. __________________________________________.
b. __________________________________________.
c. __________________________________________.
Slide 12 Name 3 carbohydrates__________________________________________________
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26. Name the two sugars in Nucleic Acid: DNA________________________RNA________________________
27. What is the most abundant organic molecule on earth? ________________________________
28. Name one of your favorite things made of this substance. _______________________________
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29. What does ESSENTIAL mean? __________________________________________
30. What are double bonded fats called? _________________________________________
31. What does POLYUNSATURATED mean? _________________________________________
32. What does MONOUNSATURATED mean? _________________________________________
33. What is a SATURATED fat? _________________________________________
ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
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34. Where does most of the saturated fat in our diet come from? ________________________
35. Name 6 things that gave saturated fat.
a. ________________________
b. ________________________
c. ________________________
d. ________________________
e. ________________________
f. ________________________
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36. What does saturated mean? (answer not on this slide)______________________________________
37. What are saturated fats saturated with?_______________________
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38. What is the name for the category of saturated and unsaturated fats? _______________________
39. Name 3 other categories and give an example for each:
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
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40. Are fats easier or harder to digest that carbs? ______________________
41. Compared to carbs, how much energy do they contain? _______________________
42. How else are they useful? (2 ways) _______________________ _______________________
43. Do fats dissolve in water? _______________________
44. What is the name for that type of substance? _______________________
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45. What is the name for the kind of monomer in protein? _______________________
46. Proteins come in different_______________________.
ORGANIC MOLECULES: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, FATS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
47. Another name for a protein is _______________________
48. How many types of Amino Acids (AA) are there? _______________________
49. What are the 2 types? _______________________ and _______________________.
50. If you know what one of them is, then you automatically know what the other one does. What is an
ESSENTIAL amino acid? ______________________________________________
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51. About how many different types of proteins are there? _______________________
52. Is hemoglobin a carbohydrate, a fat, or a protein? _______________________
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53. About how many different types of proteins are there? _______________________
54. What does the protein insulin do?_______________________ _______________________
55. What does the protein glucagon do? ______________________________________________
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56. What do enzymes do? ______________________________________________
57. What does the enzyme amylase do?