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What are the four major molecules (macromolecules) of life? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
nucleic acid
Which macromolecule is not a polymer? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lipids (monomer)
, Which macromolecules are polymers? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔carbohydrates
proteins
nucleic acids
How are polymers in our bodies made? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔through
dehydration reaction
Describe what happens in a dehydration reaction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a water
molecule is removed, forms a new bond and a longer polymer
breaking down a polymer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hydrolysis
synthesizing a polymer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dehydration
Describe what happens in a hydrolysis reaction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a water
molecule is added, breaks a bond
serves as fuel and building material - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔carbohydrates
the simplest carbohydrates are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔monosaccharides, or
single sugars
carbohydrate polymers are called - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disaccharides
polysaccharides