Biological Molecules

Biological Molecules are things like carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. They are generally long and complex

Carbohydrates are made of simple sugars

• Carbohydrate molecules contain the elements carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
• Starch and glycogen are large, complex carbohydrates, which are made up of many smaller units (e.g. glucose or maltose molecules) joined together in a long chain
• Maltose (and other simple sugars e.g. glucose) go to Starch

Proteins are made up of amino acids:

• Proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids
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