Biological molecules

• what elements do carbohydrates contain?

  Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
• What elements do lipids contain?

  Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• What elements do proteins have?

  Nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur
• What elements do nucleic acids contain?

  Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorous
• what is a monomer?

  A smaller unit which creates larger molecules
• What is a polymer?

  A molecule that is made from lots of monomers bonded together
• what is the monomer that forms starch?

  beta glucose
• what is the monomer that forms glycogen?

  Alpha glucose
• What is the monomer that forms cellulose?

  Beta glucose
• what is the monomer that forms proteins?

  Amino acids
• What are the monomers which form RNA or DNA?

  Nucleotides
• what is a condensation reaction?

  The process of joining two molecules together by removing a molecule of water.
• What is a condensation reaction?

  The process of splitting a molecule by adding a molecule of water
• what is the formula for RF?

  Distance moved by solvent / distance moved by solvent