MACROMOLECULES

CARBOHYDRATES

• Carbohydrates-is a large biological molecule, or macromolecule, consisting only of carbon,hydrogen ,and oxygen
• Ex.Glucose or fructose.
• Cereal,brain,grain, and rice at also examples of carbohydrates
• Function:Providing energy and regulation of blood glucose

LIPIDS

• Lipids are a group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats, waxes, sterols, fat,and vitamins
• Examples of lipids:
• Lipids are basically fats and steroids. There are a lot of things that have lipids in them.
• Like animal fat,grease,and cream those are the main three categories
• Function:Store energy (for longer usage as compared to carbohydrates)

PROTEIN

• Proteins-are large biological molecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more
• chains of amino acids.
• Examples:
• fibrous, globular, and membrane.
• Function: Protein is involved in the creation of some hormones

NUCLEIC ACIDS

• Cellular molecules that carry genetic information
• Examples:
• RNA and DNA
• Function:
• allow organisms to transfer genetic information from one generation to the next