Biochemistry Word Wall. Biomolecules An organic molecule produced by living organisms and made mostly of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Biochemistry Word Wall

Biomolecules• An organic molecule produced by living

organisms and made mostly of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Organic molecules• Molecules that contain carbon; the

“chemicals of life”

Monomer

• Small molecules that are the subunits or building blocks of larger molecules

Polymer

• A chain of many monomer molecules bonded together to form a large molecule

Carbohydrates• Group of organic biomolecules made up of C,

H and O and the include sugars, starches, and cellulose

Lipids• Group of organic biomolecules made up of C,

H and O and that include fats, waxes, oils, phospholipids and steroids.

Proteins• Group of organic biomolecules made up of C,

H, O and N that are chains of many amino acids bonded together.

Nucleic Acids• Group of organic biomolecules made up of C,

H, O, N, and P and that include DNA and RNA.

Dehydration Synthesis

• The creation of a bond between monomers that releases a molecule of water when the bond is created; used to build biomolecules

Hydrolysis

• The breaking of the bonds between monomers of a biomolecule using a molecule of water to break the bond.

-saccharide• Sugar

Number Prefixes

• Mono – one

• Di – two

• Poly - many

hydro

• water

-lysis

• To break

De-

• To remove

Synthesis

• To make

Carbohydrate

• Monomer – Monsaccharide (sugar)

• Polymer – Polysaccharide (starch)

Lipid

• Monomer – fatty acid and glycerol

• Polymer – triglyceride And phospholipid

Protein

• Monomer – amino acid

• Polymer – protein and polypeptide

Nucleic Acid

• Monomer – nucleotide

• Polymer – DNA/RNA