Macromolecules/Enzymes

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  1. 3. An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells
  2. 5. Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
  3. 7. A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together.
  4. 9. reactions the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances
  5. 11. energy Energy needed to get a reaction started
  6. 13. substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction
  7. 14. A specific reactant acted upon by an enzyme
  8. 15. acid a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group
Down
  1. 1. A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing
  2. 2. A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers
  3. 4. A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.
  4. 6. A substance produced in a chemical reaction
  5. 8. Broken down to glucose to provide energy.
  6. 10. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
  7. 12. acid macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus