📌 Carbohydrates provide short-term energy and structure, lipids provide long-term energy, warmth, and cushioning, proteins support muscles, the immune system, and enzymes, and nucleic acids store genetic information used to build proteins.
CLPN: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
1. What elemental ratio is characteristic of carbohydrates?
2. Which element distinguishes proteins from carbohydrates and lipids in their typical elemental composition?
3. Which set lists the four major classes of biomolecules found in living organisms?
What are the four major biomolecules that make up life?
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
What function do carbohydrates provide besides short-term energy?
Structure.
What functions do lipids provide in the body?
Long-term energy, warmth, and cushioning.
Which biomolecule stores genetic information used to build proteins?
Nucleic acids.
Which elements do carbohydrates and lipids contain?
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Which elements do proteins contain?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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