Lipids

For each food listed below, choose whether it is a saturated fat or an unsaturated fat.

cream cheese, saturated fat vegetable oil, unsaturated fat corn oil, unsaturated fat

For each food listed below, choose whether it has all single carbon-to-carbon bonds or at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond.

-peanut butter: all single carbon-to-carbon bonds -sunflower oil: at least one double carbon-to-carbon bonds -cheddar cheese: all single carbon-to-carbon bonds

Use your knowledge of lipids to explain why desert plants need the waxy coating on their leaves to survive.

Desert environments lack water. All plants need water to survive. A waxy coating on plant leaves prevents water loss.

Write a summary statement for saturated fats including whether they are solids or liquids at room temperature and whether they have all single carbon-to-carbon bonds or at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond.

Saturated fats are solids at room temperature and have all single carbon-to-carbon bonds.

Write a summary statement for unsaturated fats including whether they are solids or liquids at room temperature and whether they have all single carbon-to-carbon bonds or at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond.

Unsaturated fats are liquids at room temperature and have at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond.

fat around organs phospholipids Hormones in the bloodstream Fat under the skin

protection structure of cell membranes chemical messenger insulation