Macromolecules

CARBOHYDRATES

• Carbohydrates can be both starches and sugars.
• Carbohydrates are used as energy in plants, and in foods.
• Carbohydrates are In breads, and even in plants as sugars called glucose

LIPIDS

• Lipids are fats and can be broken down of energy
• They are fats, oils, waxes, and hormones.
• They are in both male and female sex hormones

PROTEINS

• Proteins make up amino acids
• They make up the main components of feathers, skin, and muscles
• Amino acids are linked by a peptide bond for this reason a chain of an amino acid is called polypeptide.

NUCLEIC ACIDS

• They carry genetic information
• They also carry molecules of inheritance
• Foe example they carry DNA