Biomolecules Vocabulary

1. Base unit of a lipid
3. A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
10. A carboxylic acid with an amino group and the building block of proteins
12. Substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed itself
13. A nitrogen-containing molecule with basic properties
14. Organic molecule made of smaller sub-unit(proteins,carbohydrates,lipids, or nucleic acids are examples of a bio-molecules)
15. Material that carries your DNA or genetic code to your offspring: made of nucleotides.
16. A compound consisting of large molecules made up of simple monomers (small molecules)
18. Protein that speeds up chemical reactions
20. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction (will be broken down)

2. First source of energy for animals / made of mono-di-and polysaccharides
4. Process of adding a water molecule in the protein molecule to break it apart into amino acids. Now the body can use the amino acids to make its own proteins
5. The energy needed to start the chemical reaction of breaking down the substrate
6. Used to make muscles / made of amino acids
7. The substance acted on by an enzyme the enzyme breaks this down.
8. The active site (or active center) of an enzyme represents the small region at which the substrate(s) binds and participates in the catalysis
9. A nonmetallic element found more or less pure in nature (as in diamond and graphite) or as a part of coal and petroleum and of the bodies of living things or obtained artificially
11. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents, stores energy:made of fatty acid
17. A sugar molecule containing five carbons that has lost the -OH (hydroxyl group) on its 2' carbon
19. A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers