Carbohydrates Subunits: Sugar, Starch Use: Energy Examples: glucose, sucrose Disaccharide ex. sucrose
Lipids Subunits: Fatty Acids Use: Energy, cell structure Chain length: ranges from 12 to 24, always with an even number of carbons. Saturated: NO double bonds ex. Butter, cheese Unsaturated: One or more double bonds Ex. Nuts, avacado
Proteins Subunits: Amino acids (ex. Leucine) Uses: Structure, enzymes Examples: Meat, fish
Nucleic Acid Subunits: nucleotides Examples: DNA, RNA adenine thymine