Monosaccharides are the smallest units that make up carbohydrates., Glucose and fructose are examples of monosaccharides, which link to form larger carbs, Cholesterol is a harmful lipid that has no useful functions in the body., Cholesterol is essential for building cell membranes and making certain hormones like estrogen and testosterone, Nucleotides consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base., This is the basic structure of all nucleotides that form nucleic acids, Fats and oils are both types of lipids, with fats being solid and oils liquid at room temperature., Fats are typically from animals and solid; oils are from plants and liquid, Hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in blood, is a carbohydrate., Hemoglobin is a protein with iron-containing heme groups, All proteins contain nitrogen atoms in their structure., Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, have nitrogen in their amino group, Starch is used by animals to store excess glucose., Animals store glucose as glycogen; starch is plant storage, Phospholipids are the main component of cell membranes., Their hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails form the bilayer structure of membranes, RNA is responsible for storing genetic information in most organisms., DNA stores genetic info; RNA plays roles in reading and expressing that info, Biomolecules are only produced by living things., Many biomolecules like glucose or amino acids can be synthesized artificially in laboratories

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