Thursday August 30th

Today in class we warmed up with a review of macro "big" molecules.

Here are some key notes from today and yesterday.

The 4 main types of macro molecules are:

1. Lipids
2. Carbohydrates
3. Proteins
4. Nucleic Acid

Poly means many

Mono means one

• Mono means one
• Poly means many
• Monomers are small molecules that bond to create polymers 
• They bond through a dehydration reaction (think removal of H20) 

Sucrose is a polymer made from the 2 monomers glucose, and fructose. A starch is a polymer made up of 3 or more glucose monomers.

Next is a list of the monomer types for each of the for macro-molecule types:

Lipids--Glycerol and Fatty Acids

Carbohydrates--Sacharides

Nucleic Acid--Nucleotides

Protein--Amino Acids

A peptide bond is the form of bond used to create a protein. 

HW: Update DP, Read/Annotate Biology 101 Reading, write PD