Warm Up: Macromolecules

What foods do you find certain macromolecules in? Match the food example to the correct macromolecule. Grilled Chicken Protein Cotton Candy Carbohydrates (Simple Sugar) Baked Sweet Potato Carbohydrates (Starch) ALL FOODS Nucleic Acids Cup of butter (that you would use to put on something else!) Lipid Monomers and Polymers of Macromolecules Fill in the table with the correct answers. Macromolecule Monomer Example Protein amino acids hemoglobin (carries oxygen in blood) Nucleic Acid nucleotides DNA Carbohydrates monosaccharides starch Lipids fatty acids oil Macromolecules and their Functions Match the macromolecule to its function carbohydrates provide energy for quick use lipids store energy for long term nucleic acids stores genetic information proteins acts as a building block for cells, regulates cell processes Elements that make up macromolecules Match the molecule with the elements that make it up. nucleic acids hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus proteins hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen lipids mostly carbon and hydrogen (and some oxygen) carbs carbon, hydrogen, oxygen Which of the following is NOT a function of proteins? store and transmit genetic information help to fight disease control the rate of reactions move substances into or out of cells