Across
- 1. Process plants use to produce glucose and oxygen from sunlight.
- 3. Backbone molecule that bonds with fatty acids in many lipids.
- 9. Biomolecule that stores long-term energy and forms membranes.
- 11. Biological catalyst that speeds reactions.
- 12. One of the monomers of many lipids.
- 13. Smallest unit of a carbohydrate, like glucose or fructose.
- 15. Biomolecule that is the body's primary quick energy source.
- 16. Genetic material carrying hereditary information.
- 17. Tough carbohydrate in fungi and arthropod exoskeletons.
- 18. DNA or RNA; carries genetic information.
- 19. Structural carbohydrate in plant cell walls.
Down
- 2. Monomer of nucleic acids; sugar + phosphate + base.
- 4. Long chains of sugars such as starch or glycogen.
- 5. Polymer of amino acids; builds and repairs tissues.
- 6. Bond-linked short chain of amino acids.
- 7. Building block of proteins.
- 8. Simple sugar that fuels cells.
- 10. Storage polysaccharide in animals.
- 13. Sum of all chemical reactions in an organism.
- 14. Nucleic acid that helps make proteins.