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| 7511206007 | isomers | compounds that have the same number of atoms of the same elements but different structures | 0 | |
| 7511215345 | structural isomers | differ in the covalent arrangements | 1 | |
| 7511221543 | cis-trans isomers | differ in arrangement about a double bond | 2 | |
| 7511228420 | enantiomers | differ in spacial arrangement around an assymetric carbon | 3 | |
| 7511243066 | hydroxyl group | polar, forms bonds usually with water, ex. ethanol |  | 4 |
| 7511257301 | carbonyl group | ketone groups-ketoses, aldehydes-aldoses |  | 5 |
| 7511272615 | carboxyl group | covalent bond between O and H so polar can act as acid |  | 6 |
| 7511281385 | Amino group | acts as a base, can pick up a H+ from surrounding solutions |  | 7 |
| 7511293750 | sulfhydryl group |  | 8 | |
| 7511316727 | phosphate group | contributes negative charge |  | 9 |
| 7511324804 | methyl group | affects expression of genes when on DNA or proteins bound to DNA, and shape or function of male or female sex hormones |  | 10 |
| 7511344298 | adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | stores energy to react with water | 11 | |
| 7511354032 | polymer | a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks called monomers |  | 12 |
| 7511364934 | enzyme | specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions such as those that make or break down polymers | 13 | |
| 7511380114 | dehydration reaction | occurs when two monomers covalently bond together through the loss of a water molecule | 14 | |
| 7511389218 | hydrolysis | disassembles polymers to monomers by adding a water molecule | 15 | |
| 7511400040 | carbohydrate | includes sugars and the polymers of sugars | 16 | |
| 7511410561 | monosaccharides | classified by: location of the carbonyl group, the number of carbons in the C skeleton. Serve as major fuel for cells and as raw material for building molecules | 17 | |
| 7511459542 | Disaccharide | formed when a dehydration reaction joins two monosaccharides | 18 | |
| 7511469317 | glycosidic linkage | a type of covalent bond that joins a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another group, which may or may not be another carbohydrate. | 19 | |
| 7511483525 | polysaccharide | polymers of sugars, have storage and structural roles | 20 | |
| 7511500107 | starch | storage polysaccharide of plants, consists of glucose monomers | 21 | |
| 7511511338 | plastids | stores surplus starch in plants | 22 | |
| 7511524734 | glycogen | storage polysaccharide in animals | 23 | |
| 7511530004 | cellulose | "insoluble fiber" | 24 | |
| 7511547357 | chitin | polysaccharide found in exoskeleton of anthripods, cell support for the structure of fungi | 25 | |
| 7511563727 | lipids | -not true polymers, -mix poorly with water, -consists of mostly hydrocarbon regions -fats, phospholipids, steroids | 26 | |
| 7511591757 | fats | constructed from glycerol and fatty acids | 27 | |
| 7511622087 | fatty acid | consists of a carboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton | 28 | |
| 7511635649 | glycerol | three-carbon alcohol with a hydroxyl group attached to each carbon | 29 | |
| 7511649652 | saturated fatty acid | have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible and no double bonds, straight tail, solid at room tempurature |  | 30 |
| 7511675946 | unsaturated fatty acid | have one or more double bonds, bent tail, liquid at room tempurature |  | 31 |
| 7511691019 | major function of fats | energy storage | 32 | |
| 7511694605 | phospholipids | two fatty acids and a phosphate group are attached to glycerol | 33 | |
| 7511758920 | steroids | lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisted of four fused rings, differ in chemical groups attached | 34 | |
| 7511775475 | cholesterol | type of steroid, component of animal cell membranes, precursor from which other steroids are synthesised | 35 | |
| 7511797837 | protein | biologically functional molecule that consists of one or more polypeptides, | 36 | |
| 7511854507 | polypeptides | unbranched polymers built from amino acids | 37 | |
| 7511875620 | amino acids | monomers, organic molecules with amino and carboxyl groups |  | 38 |
| 7511894939 | primary structure | sequence of amino acids of a protein, determined by inherited genetic information |  | 39 |
| 7511958138 | secondary structure | coils and folds result from hydrogen bonds between repeating constituents of the polypeptide backbone |  | 40 |
| 7511976519 | tertiary structure | results from interactions between R groups, rather than interactions between backbone constituents, includes H-bonds, ionic bonds, hydrophobic bonds, Van der waal interactions |  | 41 |
| 7512073008 | quaternary | results when two or more polypeptide chains form one molecule |  | 42 |
| 7512121809 | denaturation | alterations in pH, salt concentration, temperature, can cause proteins to unravel | 43 | |
| 7512198750 | DNA | 2 polynucleotides, double helix, 5' -> 3' directions, antiparallel, adenine (A) and thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C) |  | 44 |
| 7512243216 | RNA | single strand, adenine (A) and uracil (U) |  | 45 |
| 7512262318 | polynucleotides | polymers of nucleotides | 46 | |
| 7512268007 | pyrimidines | has a single six-membered ring, sytosine, thymine and uracil | 47 | |
| 7512280469 | purines | have a six-membered ring fused to 5 ring, adenine and guanine | 48 | |
| 7512330222 | phosphodiester linkage | consists of phosphate group that links sugars of 2 nucleotides | 49 |
