Food (Biomolecules in Food) Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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