Food (Biomolecules in Food) Vocab Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- carbohydrates: biomolecule made out of carbon (c), hydrogen (h), and oxygen (o), usually present in the ratio cₓ(h2o)y
- monosaccharides: smallest units of carbohydrates. they consist of a single sugar unit.
- sugar unit: a ring of carbon atoms
- disaccharides: two monosaccharides joined together
- polysaccharides: many monosaccharides linked together with thousands of repeating units
- lipids: biomolecules made out of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but with no simple ratio
- fats: lipids that are solid at room temperature
- oils: lipids that are liquid at room temperature
- triglyceride: the structure of a lipid
- phospholipids: fat-like substances where one of the fatty acids is replaced by a phosphate group or has a phosphate group added to it
- proteins: complex biomolecules composed of long peptide chains of amino acids
- peptide bond: the bond between amino acids
- peptide: made of a small number of amino acids (less than 20)
- polypeptide: made of more than 20 amino acids
- fibrous proteins: these show little or no folding, they form long strong fibres
- globular proteins: these show lots of folding, they form rounded shapes
