A molecule of any compound that can react with other molecules of the same or different compound to form a polymer. Each biological macromolecule has characteristic monomers.

"Compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in the approximate ratio of C:2H:O (e.g., sugars, starches, and cellulose)"

Class of nutrients made up of amino acids. They are needed to build and repair body structures, and to regulate processes in the body

Organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and store food energy until needed (Fats)

A biological macromolecule (DNA or RNA) composed of the elements C, H, N, O, and P that carries genetic information.

Building blocks of protein

A simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a carbohydrate

Monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base

one components of a triglyceride

A protein that makes a reaction happen QUICKER; decreases activation energy of a reaction.

A simple sugar that is an important source of energy.

-COOH

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A functional group that consists of a nitrogen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms

non-metal that can from 4 bonds with other elements, the element that is found in all living things

The building blocks of lipids: made up of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol.

A simple sugar that is an important source of energy.

four main classes of large biological molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids)

compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body

Basic units of DNA molecule, composed of a sugar, a phosphate, and one of 4 DNA bases