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| 3639299181 | Carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body |  | 0 |
| 3639299182 | Protein | macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen; needed by the body for growth and repair and to make up enzymes |  | 1 |
| 3639299183 | Lipid | macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; includes fats, oils, and waxes |  | 2 |
| 3639299184 | Nucleic Acid | an organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry genetic information | 3 | |
| 3639299185 | Monosaccharide | a simple sugar that is the basic monomer of a carbohydrate | 4 | |
| 8236888752 | monomer | A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers |  | 5 |
| 3639299186 | Amino Acid | basic building blocks of protein molecules | | 6 |
| 3639299187 | Fatty Acid | monomer of Lipids | 7 | |
| 8236891930 | lipid | a large macromolecule that does not dissolve in water | 8 | |
| 3639299188 | Nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base | 9 | |
| 3639299189 | Enzyme | protein that acts as a biological catalyst (speeds up chemical reactions) | 10 | |
| 3639299190 | Monomer | a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | 11 | |
| 3639299191 | Polymer | large compound formed from combinations of many monomers | 12 | |
| 3639299192 | Organic compound | compound that contains carbon | 13 | |
| 3639299193 | Inorganic compound | any compound that does not contain carbon | 14 | |
| 3639299992 | fats | Also known as lipids, fats are an essential nutrient composed of fatty acids and used for energy and other body functions | 15 | |
| 3639300422 | fatty acids | Building Blocks of Lipids | 16 | |
| 3639300745 | saturated fats | A fat that is solid at room temperature and found in animal fats, lards, and dairy products. |  | 17 |
| 3639301143 | unsaturated fats | Fats that remain liquid at room temperature e.g. canola oil | | 18 |
| 3639302104 | cholesterol | A type of fat made by the body from saturated fat; a minor part of fat in foods. used to make bile, vitamin D, cell membranes and hormones | 19 | |
| 3639303824 | lipoproteins | Assist in facilitated diffusion of lipids through cells by emulsifying themL | 20 | |
| 3639304346 | LDL | low density lipoprotein that causes cardiovascular heart disease | 21 | |
| 3639304877 | HDL | high density lipoprotein reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease | 22 | |
| 3639306703 | steroids | ____________ are hormones synthesized (made) from cholesterol. | 23 | |
| 3639307628 | proteins | Chains of amino acids | 24 | |
| 3639307901 | amino acids | Building blocks of protein | 25 | |
| 3639308543 | amino acid structure | H, NH2, COOH bonded to a central carbon and then a variable R group | 26 | |
| 3639309051 | sources of amino acids | Plants, vegetables, fruit, fish, poultry, beans and rice | 27 | |
| 3639309493 | peptide bonds | The chemical bonds that hold together the amino acid molecules are |  | 28 |
| 3639312477 | globular protein | Proteins that are water soluble | 29 | |
| 3639312770 | enzymes | Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things | 30 | |
| 3639313333 | nucleic acid | a long chain of smaller molecules called nucleotides; DNA and RNA | 31 | |
| 3639313808 | DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix |  | 32 |
| 3639314476 | RNA | A single-stranded nucleic acid that passes along genetic messages |  | 33 |
| 3639318465 | DNA sequence | The sequence, or order, in which the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a DNA fragment, or in an organism's genome. | 34 | |
| 3639318960 | cellular respiration | Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |  | 35 |
