What are the properties of lipids?

What is the structure of fatty acids?

What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated compounds?

What is the structure of triglyceride?

How are triglycerides formed?

How are triglycerides broken down?

Complete the sentences:
When _________, triglycerides release more energy for use in _____________ than carbohydrate. They also produce a lot of _____________ ________when oxidised (important for desert animals, e.g. camel's hump = fat). They are stored under the _____ where they act as a heat ____________.

What is the structure of a phospholipid?

Complete the sentence:
The phosphate group is ___________ and the fatty acid tails are _____________.

Describe the two common arrangements of phospholipids

What is the structure of cholesterol?

What are the functions of triglycerides?

What are the functions of phospholipids?

What are the functions of cholesterol?