biomolicules

1234567891011121314151617181920
Across
  1. 3. Made up of chemical building blocks called amino acids
  2. 4. Deoxyribose is the five-carbon sugar molecule.
  3. 6. A chemical that can speed up a reaction.
  4. 7. A nucleic acid is a chain of nucleotides which stores genetic information in biological systems.
  5. 9. A element that is a non-metal. It is black, brittle, a poor conductor, and dull.
  6. 11. A monomer is a small molecule that reacts with a similar molecule.
  7. 13. A class of organic compounds mainly made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms.
  8. 16. The amount of energy needed to convert all the molecules in one mole of a reacting substance from a ground state to the transition state intermediate.
  9. 17. A lipid is a fatty, oily, or wax-like compound.
  10. 18. The active site of an enzyme is the region that binds substrate molecules.
  11. 19. Proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions in our bodies.
  12. 20. The chemical breakdown of a compound due to a reaction with water.
Down
  1. 1. Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
  2. 2. End substances after a biological process has occurred.
  3. 5. The surface or material on or from which an organism lives grows, or obtains its nourishment.
  4. 8. They are the building blocks of polypeptides and proteins.
  5. 10. An electrically neutral molecule where a group of atoms are at a free state.
  6. 12. A substance that changes in a chemical reaction.
  7. 14. A compound made up of several repeating units.
  8. 15. The building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in our food.