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A lipid is: 1) a hydrophobic hydrocarbon (meaning: a usually very large molecule that doesn't like water (hydrophobic) and is made up of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H))If you try to mix oil and water the two don't mix. 2) Lipids are not made from small subunits to make a long molecule (called a polymer)- lipids are not polymers.
The class of lipids most important to Biology are: 1) Fats, 2) phospholipids (cell membranes are composed of this lipid), 3) steroids (testosterone for example), and to a lesser degree wax. There are many other types of lipids.
Carbohydrates are: hydrophilic (water liking) molecules that consist of different combinations of CH2O (carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) in that arrangement. 2) these molecules form polymers from simple subunits.
Classes of Carbohydrate: Sugar (sucrose is table sugar, glucose used in respiration), starch (made by plants), glycogen (storage sugar made by humans in the liver and muscle), cellulose (structural component in plant stems)... there are more but these are the important ones.
The difference between Carbohydrates (sugars) and Lipids:
1) sugars disolve in water lipids don't
2) sugars are made-up of subunits that form large polymers and lipids are not and don't form polymers.
3)Lipids store more energy than sugars.
4) sugars form stuctural components (cellulose in plants) and lipids form bountaries like the cell membrane due to hydrophobic hydrocarbons.
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∙ 9y agoA lipid is: 1) a hydrophobic hydrocarbon (meaning: a usually very large molecule that doesn't like water (hydrophobic) and is made up of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H))If you try to mix oil and water the two don't mix. 2) Lipids are not made from small subunits to make a long molecule (called a polymer)- lipids are not polymers.
The class of lipids most important to Biology are: 1) Fats, 2) phospholipids (cell membranes are composed of this lipid), 3) steroids (testosterone for example), and to a lesser degree wax. There are many other types of lipids.
Carbohydrates are: hydrophilic (water liking) molecules that consist of different combinations of CH2O (carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) in that arrangement. 2) these molecules form polymers from simple subunits.
Classes of Carbohydrate: Sugar (sucrose is table sugar, glucose used in respiration), starch (made by plants), glycogen (storage sugar made by humans in the liver and muscle), cellulose (structural component in plant stems)... there are more but these are the important ones.
The difference between Carbohydrates (sugars) and Lipids:
1) sugars disolve in water lipids don't
2) sugars are made-up of subunits that form large polymers and lipids are not and don't form polymers.
3)Lipids store more energy than sugars.
4) sugars form stuctural components (cellulose in plants) and lipids form bountaries like the cell membrane due to hydrophobic hydrocarbons.
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What monosaccharides are in lipids?
Monosccharides are not in lipids. They are in carbohydrates.
What are the monomers for carbohydrates and lipids?
monomers for carbohydrates is monosaccharides simple sugar. monomer for lipids is 3 fatty acids
What are the four main classes of macromolecules?
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins.
Name the polymer of carbohydrates proteins lipids and nucleic acid?
Carbohydrates: starch Lipids: Glycerol Proteins: polypeptides nucleic acid: nucleotides
What are four names of macromolecules?
Macromolecules are very large molecules. The term is used for the four biopolymers nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. It is also used to describe non-polymeric molecules - such as macrocycles.
Do lipids link together to form carbohydrates?
No, lipids and carbohydrates have completely different structures and cannot combine to produce one another. Complex carbohydrates are produced by linking monosaccharides (glucose) while lipids are produced by linking fatty acids.
What are the four macromolecules of life?
The four major macromolecules are proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids.
What do proteins have that carbohydrates and lipids don't?
They have Nitrogen in them But some carbohydrates and lipids have N
What elements is found in protein but not in carbohydrates and lipids?
Nitrogen is found in proteins but not in carbohydrates and lipids
What element is found in proteins but not in in carbohydrates and lipids?
Nitrogen is found in proteins but not in carbohydrates and lipids
What elements is found in proteins but not in carbohydrates and lipids?
Nitrogen is found in proteins but not in carbohydrates and lipids
What monosaccharides are in lipids?
Monosccharides are not in lipids. They are in carbohydrates.
Are starches and sugars lipids or carbohydrates?
carbohydrates
What are the 4 main categories of macromolecules in a cell?
Lipids carbohydrates proteins Nucleic Acids
How are carbohydrates and lipids simuilar?
carbohydrates are statrches and lipids are fats they are similar because they are both enzymes
The four main categories of large biological molecules?
CARBOHYDRATES, NUCLEIC ACID,LIPIDS, AND PROTEIN
Is sugar is a component of lipids?
Sugar is not a component of lipids but a component of carbohydrates.
