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Organic Molecules

also known as

and

There are four types...

Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids Nucleic Acids

whose monomer is whose monomer is whose monomer is whose monomer is

which looks like which looks like

Functions of this organic molecule Functions of this organic molecule Functions of this organic molecule Functions of this organic molecule

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and many more...

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Examples of Carbohydrates

Examples of Proteins Examples of Lipids

Examples of Nucleic Acids

1. _______________________________: sugar in the

cell wall of plants.

2. _______________________________: sugar that is

produced during photosynthesis.

3. _______________________________: complex

carbohydrate used for short-term

energy storage in animals.

4. _______________________________: complex

carbohydrate used for short-term

energy storage in plants.

which looks like which looks like

1. _______________________________: protein

in red blood cells that helps

carry oxygen.

2. _______________________________: protein

made by the pancreas that

helps the liver absorb sugar,

thus lowering the blood sugar.

3. _______________________________: protein

that helps speed up reactions.

1. _______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

4. _______________________________: lipid found

on the surface of leaves and helps

keep them from drying out.

5. _______________________________: lipid found in

the cell membrane.

1. _______________________________: nucleic

acid that holds every single

protein recipe.

2. _______________________________: nucleic

acid that holds only one protein

recipe, copied from the DNA.