Louisiana University questions and
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Control variable - correct answer ✔✔variable that stays constant
Independent variable - correct answer ✔✔The variable that is changed
Dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔The variable being tested and measured
What are the 3 categories of macromolecules - correct answer ✔✔Carbohydrates.
Nucleic acids.
Proteins.
Carbohydrates example - correct answer ✔✔Whole-grain products such as brown rice, whole-
grain pasta, beans, whole wheat bread
Nucleic acids examples - correct answer ✔✔cytosine
guanine
thymine
uracil
adenine.
Proteins. - correct answer ✔✔Actin
Arp2/3
, Collagen
Coronin
Dystrphi
Monomers - correct answer ✔✔a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to
form a polymer.
polymers - correct answer ✔✔a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or
entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together.
What are amino acids? - correct answer ✔✔proteins made of monomers
What are Proteins? - correct answer ✔✔Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules,
consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
What is starch ? - correct answer ✔✔a polymer of glucose that is a storage form of energy in
plants.
What is glycogen ? - correct answer ✔✔a polymer of glucose that is a storage form of energy in
animals,Glycogen is made in your liver and can be broken down to glucose to provide energy.
What category of organic molecules are fats and oils included ? - correct answer ✔✔Lipids
What is glucose ? - correct answer ✔✔a simple sugar that is an important energy source in
living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
How are monomers covalently bonded together to form polymers ? - correct answer
✔✔dehydration synthesis