1. Organic Molecules vocabulary

2. Lipids
Lipids:
Fats and oils. Composed of carbon and
hydrogen. They are used to store energy long
term. Examples: butter, vegetable oil, found in
cell membranes.

3. Monomer
Monomer:
Smallest building block of a macromolecule.
Used to make other molecules. For example:
glucose and fructose are monomers of
carbohydrates. Glucose + Fructose together
make sucrose.

4. Monosaccharide
monosaccharide:
Simple sugars. Glucose and fructose are
examples. Larger sugars are made by combining
the simple sugars together.

5. Nucleic Acid
Nucleic Acid:
Composed of
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and
phosphorous. Building blocks of DNA & RNA.
Used to store the genetic information of the cell.
Ex: DNA & RNA.

6. Enzymes
Enzymes:
A protein that increases the rate at which
chemical reactions. The enzyme does not
change.

7. Proteins
Proteins:
Composed of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and
nitrogen, and sulfur. Building blocks of amino
acids. Examples: muscles in body, collogen in
skin, hemoglobin in blood.

8. Polysaccharide
Polysaccharide:
Many simple sugars in very long chains. Create
molecules to be used for long-term energy
storage. Examples: glycogen & cellulose.

9. Disaccharide
Disaccharide:
Two simple sugars joined together. Glucose +
Fructose = Sucrose.

10. Polymer
Polymer:
Long chains of monomers stuck together.

11. Carbohydrate
Carbohydrate:
Molecules made up of carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen. They provide energy for living things.
Examples: glucose, sucrose, cellulose.