carbon compounds the building blocks of life. key ideas describe why the element carbon is a great...
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Key Ideas
•Describe why the element Carbon is a great building block
•Explain the role of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in cells
Carbohydrates
•Smallest unit: a sugar molecule.
•Function:
•Gives structural support
•Provides sugar for energy
Carbohydrate Lipid Protein
Nucleic Acid
Smallest Unit
Sugar Molecule
Function
-Structural Support-Energy Storage
Examples-Starch-Plant tissue
Carbohydrate Lipid Protein
Nucleic Acid
Smallest Unit
Sugar Molecule
Amino Acid
Function
-Structural Support-Energy Storage
-Involved in
chemical reactions-Structure
Examples-Starch-Plant tissue
-Melanin-Muscle
Carbohydrate Lipid Protein
Nucleic Acid
Smallest Unit
Sugar Molecule
Chains of Carbon
Amino Acid
Function
-Structural Support-Energy Storage
-Energy Storage-Water Barriers
-Involved in
chemical reactions-Structure
Examples-Starch-Plant tissue
-Cell Membran
e-Fat Cells
-Oils
-Melanin-Muscle
Carbohydrate Lipid Protein
Nucleic Acid
Smallest Unit
Sugar Molecule
Chains of Carbon
Amino Acid
Nucleotide
Function
-Structural Support-Energy Storage
-Energy Storage-Water Barriers
-Involved in
chemical reactions-Structure
-genetic informati
on-Store energy
Examples-Starch-Plant tissue
-Cell Membran
e-Fat Cells
-Oils
-Melanin-Muscle
-DNA-RNA-ATP