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BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - What are they?
        
        small molecules
        
        taste sweet
        
        dissolve in water
      - shape
        
        looks like a hexagon
      - job
        
        Gives quick energy to cell
      - How to test for it
        
        benedict's test
        
        method
        
        add blue benedict's liquid and heat it
        
        positive result
        
        Turns Orange-Red (or green/yellow if there is only a little sugar).
    - - What are they?
        
        Many glucose molecules held hands in a long chain.
      - like
        
        Starch
        
        are
        
        energy stored in plants
        
        How to test for it?
        
        Iodine test
        
        method
        
        add brown iodine drops to the food sample
        
        positive result
        
        Turns Blue-Black
        
        Glycogen
        
        are
        
        Energy stored in animals (in the liver).
- - - - method
        
        Mix food with ethanol (alcohol), shake, then pour into water.
      - positive result
        
        Water turns Cloudy / Milky White.
- - - - makes hair
      - nails
      - muscles
    - - enzymes
      - hemaglobin
    - - antibodies
  - - - Method
        
        Add blue Biuret liquid.
      - positive result
        
        Turns Purple / Violet