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List the levels of biological hierarchy from subatomic particles to macromolecules

2007-08-27 09:36:10 · 5 answers · asked by The One 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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subatomic particles-atoms- molecules- monomers- polymers- macromolecules

2007-08-27 10:43:56 · answer #1 · answered by chrys989 2 · 0 0

subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, electrons
Groups of subatomic particles make atoms.
Groups of atoms make molecules
Groups of molecules make macromolecules.

If you want to be really technical about it, physicists are constantly trying to split subatomic particles into smaller particles like quarks, but that is probably beyond the scope of this question.

An example of a group of atoms making a molecule and molecules to macromolecules would be an amino acid being made of the atoms NH2-CHR-COOH, where R is a functional group. A chain of amino acids will make a protein, which is is a macromolecule.

2007-08-27 10:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Subatomic particles (proton, neutron, electron) --> atoms ---> molecules and compounds ---> monomers ----> polymers or macromolecules

2007-08-27 10:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by Kristi 5 · 0 0

ahh I'll have a go this is kind of a fun question

do i have to deal with quarks n stuff? hope not
electrons, neutrons, protons which make up
atoms which make up
molecules which make up
bases (nucleotides) in DNA - A,G,T,C etc. Three bases (a codon) make up
1 amino acid
a number of amino acids make up a polypeptide chain
polypeptide chains make up proteins
single proteins can function alone
OR multiple proteins can come together to form protein complexes i.e macromolecules

2007-08-27 10:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Could it be something like:

subatomic particles --> atoms --> molecules --> macromolecules

2007-08-27 10:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0 0

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