Biological Molecules

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Across
  1. 6. milk sugar
  2. 9. fatty acids; waxes; oils and fats
  3. 11. unequal distribution of charges
  4. 13. type of fat that is liquid at room temp; double bonds
  5. 15. type of fat that is solid at room temp; no double bonds
  6. 16. combining molecules by losing water
  7. 17. examples: carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins
  8. 18. speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy
Down
  1. 1. human body main source of energy
  2. 2. chemical breakdown using water
  3. 3. polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls
  4. 4. several monomers linked together make this
  5. 5. destroying a protein (or other biomolecule) shape and thus function with heat or acid
  6. 7. made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus
  7. 8. a common monosaccharide
  8. 10. functions to contract muscles, transport O2, provide immunity; 4 shapes
  9. 12. monomer of proteins
  10. 14. single unit