Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Organic molecule (Carbohydrate functions (short term energy storage (673…
Organic molecule
Carbohydrate functions
-
-
-
-
Made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen - ex: Chitin, glycogen, sugar, starch, cellulose: Monomer- monossacharide
-
Lipids
Long term storage- Cholesterol and Steroids – these are the components for making some types of hormones (messenger chemicals that prepare the body for long-term changes).
Fats and oils that contain Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen (steriods, phospholipids, fatty acids)
-
Saturated
Carbon atoms bonded to as many hydrogen bonds as possible- molecules form straight chains packed tightly (solid in room temp)- used by animals
Unsaturated fats -
Carbon not always bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible - causes chains to bend = not packed very tightly and are liquid at room temperature (used by plants to store energy)
Role of carbon
special element- has the ability to form convalent bonds with other elements
endless variety of molecules- can built from carbon
Carbon- based molecular structure include chains, rings, and lattices
unlike other elements forms covalent bonds with other carbon atoms and a very wide variety of atoms of other elements
-
-
Monomers create polymers- Most organic molecules are made of repeating units called monomers to form larger molecules called polymers/---
if you combine two molecules of methane, getting rid of two Hydrogen atoms you produce a single molecule of ethane (C2H6)
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons are often used as fuels and industrial solvents. They are also used to make plastics, synthetic fibers, medicines fertilizers and pesticides
.
Simplest carbon molecules are called hydrocarbons, containing just carbon and hydrogen.
Amino Acids
more than 100,000 proteins used in the human body. All of these proteins are made from just 20 amino acids
-
-
-
Nucleic acids- DNA- found in genes and its sequence of bases make code- which carries instructions for correct sequence of amino acids in a proteins
