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Carbon Compounds The building blocks of life

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Carbon Compounds

The building blocks of life

Key Ideas

•Describe why the element Carbon is a great building block

•Explain the role of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in cells

Carbon

CC C

C

C

Carbohydrate Lipid Protein

Nucleic Acid

Smallest Unit

Function

Examples

Carbohydrates

•Smallest unit: a sugar molecule.

•Function:

•Gives structural support

•Provides sugar for energy

Metabolism breaksmolecules down to provide energy

Carbohydrate Lipid Protein

Nucleic Acid

Smallest Unit

Sugar Molecule

Function

-Structural Support-Energy Storage

Examples-Starch-Plant tissue

Protein

•Smallest unit- Amino Acids

•Functions-

•Structure

•Involved in chemical reactions

Chains of amino acids

The chains fold to form a specific

shape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvBO3TqJ6FE

Carbohydrate Lipid Protein

Nucleic Acid

Smallest Unit

Sugar Molecule

Amino Acid

Function

-Structural Support-Energy Storage

-Involved in

chemical reactions-Structure

Examples-Starch-Plant tissue

-Melanin-Muscle

Lipids

•Smallest Unit: Chains of Carbon Atoms

•Function

•Energy Storage

•Water barriers

Lipids

Fat tissue

Carbohydrate Lipid Protein

Nucleic Acid

Smallest Unit

Sugar Molecule

Chains of Carbon

Amino Acid

Function

-Structural Support-Energy Storage

-Energy Storage-Water Barriers

-Involved in

chemical reactions-Structure

Examples-Starch-Plant tissue

-Cell Membran

e-Fat Cells

-Oils

-Melanin-Muscle

Nucleic Acid

•Smallest Unit- Nucleotide

•Function:

•Stores genetic information

•Carries information

Nucleic Acids

Carbohydrate Lipid Protein

Nucleic Acid

Smallest Unit

Sugar Molecule

Chains of Carbon

Amino Acid

Nucleotide

Function

-Structural Support-Energy Storage

-Energy Storage-Water Barriers

-Involved in

chemical reactions-Structure

-genetic informati

on-Store energy

Examples-Starch-Plant tissue

-Cell Membran

e-Fat Cells

-Oils

-Melanin-Muscle

-DNA-RNA-ATP

Goals of this podcast

Carbon Compounds

Carbohydrates Lipids Protein Nucleic Acids