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  • This lipid is found in cell membranes

    Phospholipids

  • Triglycerides have three of these, while phospholipids have two

    Fatty acid tails/chains

  • This nucleic acid is single stranded

    RNA

  • What is involved in tertiary structure of proteins?

    Side chains (R group)

  • Steroids are lipids composed of how many rings?

    Four

  • Which nitrogenous base is found in DNA, but not RNA?

    Thymine

  • What is a sequence of monomers called?

    Polymer

  • What is directly related to determining a protein's function?

    its structure

  • Heat or acid may ___ proteins, rendering them useless

    denature

  • What word can be used to describe a fatty acid founds in plants or fish

    unsaturated fatty acid

  • What types of bonds join two or more carbohydrate monomers together?

    Glycosidic linkages

  • Which of the "macromolecules" doesn't entirely fit its definition?

    Lipids

  • Only some proteins have this type of structure

    Quaternary

  • Which form of lipids is held together by an ester bond?

    Triglycerides

  • What type of bonds are present between amino acids?

    Peptide bonds

  • DNA -> RNA -> _____?

    Protein

  • A.) Which nitrogenous bases are purines?

    B.) Which bases are pyrimidines?

    A.) adenine and guanine

    B.) cytosine and thymine (uracil in RNA)

  • Which bond links the backbone in nucleic acids?

    phosphodiester bond

  • What is created in the secondary level of protein structure?

    (name both)

    \(\alpha\)helix and \(\beta\)pleated sheets

  • Monomer of carbohydrates

    monosaccharides

  • Which ratio of elements is seen in carbohydrate macromolecules?

    1:2:1

    C, H, and O

  • What makes up nucleic acids?

    nucleotides

  • A.) Which reaction creates polymers?

    B.) Which reaction breaks polymers down to monomers?

    A.) dehydration synthesis

    B.) Hydrolysis

  • Which macromolecule is made up of amino acids?

    Proteins