Biochemistry Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cellulose : polysaccharide that plants use for structure and support
• water : to hydrolyze a bond between two monomers, you would have to add a molecule of _
• carboxyl : -cooh is called a _ group
• dehydration : the reaction that joins monomers together in biological macromolecules is _ synthesis
• hydrophobic : diethyl ether is poorly soluble in water, therefore it is a _ molecule
• lactose : glucose + galactose makes _
• fructose : the disaccharide sucrose is made by joining glucose with _
• enzyme : the name of macromolecule ends in -ase. it is likely to be an _
• hydrogen : this type of bond holds the two strands of dna together in the double helix
• phospholipid : in this type of lipid, one of the fatty acids is replaced with a hydrophilic group
• steroid : examples of this type of lipid are hormones like testosterone and estrogen
• twenty : the number of amino acids that humans use
• amino acid : monomer of proteins
• uracil : rna uses this nitrogenous base instead of thymine
• nucleotide : monomer of nucleic acids
• ribose : five-carbon sugar in rna nucleotides
• liver : you might find glycogen stored in this abdominal organ
• starch : plants make this polysaccharide for energy storage
• activation : the minimum energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur
• protein : you would find sulfur in this macromolecule of life.
• chitin : insects use this polysaccharide for their exoskeletons
• saturated : butter is an animal product, so the fat it contains is likely to be of this type
• glycerol : the "backbone" of a triglyceride