Directions:  Complete the table below by identifying each term or fact as something true of a CARBOHYDRATE, LIPID, PROTEIN, NUCLEIC ACID, or an INORGANIC molecule.  Some facts describe more than one type of molecule.  Write on this handout and take it with you.

 

 

 

 

1

Makes up part of the cell membrane

 

2

Fat

 

3

Made of nucleotides

 

4

Water

 

5

Contains the element nitrogen

 

6

Glucose

 

7

Sodium ion (Na+)

 

8

DNA

 

9

Doesn’t dissolve in water

 

10

Enzymes

 

11

Made of only carbon, hydrogen & oxygen atoms

 

12

RNA

 

13

Made of amino acids

 

14

Starch

 

15

Made up of long chains

 

16

Sugar

 

17

RNA

 

18

Contains carbon atoms

 

19

Contains ring structures

 

20

Stores information