LIPIDS & CARBOHYDRATES (CP 2025 - 2026)

A molecule that acts like a building block

Monomers bonded together through the process of polymerization

Made up of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen (1:2:1)

Building block of a Carbohydrate

Made from a chain of monosaccharides

Nickname for “fats”, forms as a solid or liquid and all types of this are insoluble (mostly made from carbon and hydrogen)

Building Blocks of Lipids

a substance that repels water

having the tendency to mix or be wetted by water

A type of lipid that is in a cell membrane near phospholipids (Hydrophobic)

It makes up the cell membranes forming a barrier between the cell and outside

Gives quick energy and provides structure (like an exoskeleton of a bug)

Gives long term energy (like a storage!), forms cell membranes, cushions organs, insulates the body, and controls hormones

Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin

Triglycerides (ONE glyceride, 3 fatty acids)

A four ring structure

Female sex hormones that effect female sex organs

Male sex hormone that effect male sex organs

Polar head (containing Phosphate) is hydrophilic, Fatty Acid Tail (non-polar) is hydrophobic

The process where monomers link together like a chain to create a polymer